HC Deb 09 December 1974 vol 883 c67W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the facilities to be provided at Diego Garcia will include a dry dock and dockyard facilities on a scale comparable with those at present available to the Royal Navy at Simonstown.

Mr. Judd

No.

Mr. Peter Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the maximum investment he intends to make in the expansion of the facilities on the island of Diego Garcia.

Mr. William Rodgers

The costs of the proposed modest expansion of the facilities on the island of Diego Garcia mentioned by the Secretary of State for Defence on 3rd December—[Vol. 882, c. 1354.]—would be funded by the United States Government.