§ 66. Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Royal Air Force installations on Gan will be retained and if he will make a statement on the future of island staging posts in the Indian Ocean.
§ Mr. HealeyThe R.A.F. staging posts at Gan and Masirah will certainly be required in the shorter term. Their long-term future will be considered in the context of the general review of the rôle, size and shape of the Forces, referred to in the Statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 16th January.—[Vol. 756, c. 1582.]