§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of State for Defence if he is satisfied that defence policies in Western Europe can be harmonised without the reintroduction of conscription in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord BalnielThe abolition of conscription by the United Kingdom created no obstacles to the continuing process of the harmonisation of defence policies in Western Europe and I see no reason why this process should now depend on the reintroduction of conscription.