§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to produce a new White Paper on defence expenditure.
§ Mr. StanleyThe cash provision for defence expenditure to 1988–89 was given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his autumn statement on 12 November. Further details will be given in the public expenditure White Paper, to be published early in the new year.