HC Deb 20 January 1981 vol 997 c116W
20. Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Defence which North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries will, in the current year, show a greater percentage increase in defence spending than the United Kingdom; and which will show a lesser increase.

Mr. Nott

No figures are publicly available but, as my right hon. Friend the present Leader of the House said on 2 December—[Vol. 995, c. 184]—United Kingdom defence expenditure will grow this year in real terms by a greater percentage than practically every other country in the Alliance.