§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the percentage of national income spent on defence of each of the United Kingdom's allies and Commonwealth partners.
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§ Mr. HealeyThe latest figures available cover N.A.T.O. for the calendar year 1964. They are:
Percentage of GNP Belgium … 3.6 Canada … 4.5 Denmark … 3.3 France … 6.7 Federal Republic of Germany … 5.5 Greece … 4.3 Italy … 4.1 Luxembourg … 1.7 Netherlands … 4.8 Norway … 3.9 Portugal … 7.4 Turkey … 5.7 United States … 8.8 For Commonwealth countries other than Canada, the only figures available are for the financial year 1963–64, namely about 3. 4 per cent. for Australia and 2 per cent. for New Zealand, but current defence expenditure in both countries is now considerably higher.