§ 50. Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the gross national product is allocated for defence purposes by the United Kingdom and her European allies, respectively, at the latest convenient date for which information is available.
§ Mr. MasonThe figures for 1973 on the NATO definition of defence expenditure are 5.7 per cent, for the United Kingdom and an estimated average of 4.2 per cent, for our NATO European allies.