HC Deb 17 February 1981 vol 999 c99W
27 Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the capacity of Her Majesty's Forces for rapid intervention in critical areas.

Mr. Pattie

I have nothing to add to the answer my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence gave to my hon. Friend the Member forThanet, East (Mr. Aitken) on 28 October 1980.—[Vol. 991, c. 181–83.]