§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence what factors which today require the presence of a Nimrod reconnaissance force in the Mediterranean in the estimation of Her Majesty's Government will have disappeared by 1979.
§ Mr. MulleyWe have concluded from our fundamental reappraisal of our defence commitments in the defence review that when the Maltese military facilities agreement expires in 1979 we should no longer commit British maritime
(£ million at prices ruling at the time) Financial year Total estimated expenditure Navy Army Air Force 1968–69 … … 27 4 10 13 1969–70 … … 26 4 16 6 1970–71 … … 25 3 15 7 1971–72 … … 29 3 13 13 1972–73 … … 42 13 4 25 1973–74 … … 62 23 10 29 1974–75 … … 94 27 25 42 1975–76 … … 108 26 51 31 1976–77 … … 116 33 56 27 1977–78 … … 108 39 29 40
§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the defence expenditure in Great Britain, France and West Germany in each of the years 1956, 1966 and
1956 1966 1976 £ million £ million £ million United Kingdom … … … 1,615 2,155 6,190 France … … … … 1,500 1,935 7,300 West Germany … … … 610 1,810 7,950