§ 24. Mr. Robert Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration has been given to the request of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe for a 4 per cent. increase in defence expenditure by all North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member countries.
§ Mr. NottThe agreed policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is that all member countries should aim to achieve real increases in defence spending in the region of 3 per cent. a year. The United Kingdom is firmly committed to plan to implement this aim in full up to 1985–86.