HC Deb 23 February 1982 vol 18 c378W
42. Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the proposed increases in expenditure on defence planned by the United States Administration will have any effect on the defence plans of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Nott

I welcome the United States Government's decision to increase their defence expenditure. For our part, as announced in Cmnd. 8288, we plan to implement in full until 1985–86 the NATO aim of real increases in defence spending in the region of 3 per cent. a year.