HC Deb 01 March 1967 vol 742 c88W
30. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what cuts in defence expenditure he is proposing to make in Singapore.

55. Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what cuts in defence expenditure he is proposing to make in Singapore and Malaysia.

57. Mr. Dickens

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future level of defence expenditure proposed for Singapore.

Mr. Healey

I hope to consult the Singapore and Malaysia Governments in due course about our plans for further reductions in the area; but, as I said in my Speech in the debate on Monday, 27th February, I look forward to the possibility of reducing British forces as a whole in the Far East by the end of the next financial year within a total bracket of 18,000–23,000.—[Vol. 742, c. 104.]