HC Deb 21 October 1954 vol 531 cc205-6W
74. Mr. Foot

asked the Minister of Defence to give an estimate of the annual cost to the British Treasury which will result from the proposed commitment to keep British forces permanently on the Continent put forward by the Foreign Secretary at the recent Nine-Power Conference.

Mr. Macmillan

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on 19th October to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Mr. Swingler).