§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of State for Defence what defence commitments Great Britain has which are not also 147W commitments accepted by her North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies.
§ Mr. GodberI have been asked to reply.
Great Britain has responsibility outside the N.A.T.O. area for the security of her remaining dependent territories and for the defence of the Caribbean Associated States. She is a member of the Central and South-East Asia Treaty Organisations and has bilateral defence agreements or treaties with Ceylon, Malta, Mauritius and Brunei. She is also a party to Five-Power Defence Arrangements related to Malaysia and Singapore.