§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Defence what financial savings he now estimates will result over each of the next five years as a result of the measures he announced in Cmnd. 8288 on 25 June.
§ Mr. BlakerThe measures announced in Cmnd. 8288 were designed to make the best use of the increasing resources being allocated to defence. Defence expenditure has increased in real terms every year under this Government and is planned to continue to do so up to 1985–86.