§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the German Federal Government have officially proposed a reduction of £190 million in their defence budget, a reduction of 61,000 in their forces and other such cut-backs; and, as this will aggravate Great Britain's balance of payments' problems with West Germany,
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