§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has, from international sources, of the percentage of each of their budgets spent on defence by Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Great Britain, for the latest convenient year.
§ Mr. HealeyIn the current financial year the Defence Budget estimate represents 14.4 per cent. of the estimate of total United Kingdom central government expenditure as given in Table 8 of the Financial Statement 1968–69. I have no comparable information for Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore.