§ 45. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Minister for Defence whether it is still the Government's policy, as stated by his predecessor in the Defence Debate on 26th February, 1958, that to expand Western conventional forces sufficiently to meet a major conventional attack without resorting to nuclear weapons would entail Great Britain maintaining between 1 million and 1½ million men in the Armed Forces and spending a further £1,000 million on defence.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIt is not a question of policy but one of fact that to take a fair share in expanding Western forces to meet a major conventional attack without the use of nuclear weapons would cost us manpower and money of the order indicated.