§ Sir Ian Orr-Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the foreign exchange costs of maintaining Shackleton aircraft in Madagascar for the Beira patrol are included in the estimate of £30,000 per annum.
§ Mr. HealeyNo. The figure for other overseas areas in Annex H of Cmnd. 4290 includes £0.17 million in respect of the air element of the Beira patrol, bringing total overseas expenditure on the Beira patrol to £0.2 million.