HC Deb 01 December 1960 vol 631 c94W
Mr. Rankin

asked the Minister of Defence why he has agreed to merge part of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation under General Norstad.

Mr. Watkinson

The North Atlantic Council has recognised that in modern conditions N.A.T.O. Europe needs a unified Air Defence system. The way in which this principle should be applied in practice to the United Kingdom is under consideration.