§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence what saving will be effected as a result of the planned reduction in consumption of fuel, by th Royal Navy in the latter part of the current financial year.
§ Mr.SpeedThe planned reductions in fuel consumption constitute one of the measures designed to contain defence expenditure during this financial year. At this stage, therefore, I am unable to quantify precisely the likely saving from this particular measure.