§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the total value of purchases from the United States of America and by the United States of America from the United Kingdom under the memorandum of understanding in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonIt has not been the practice of successive Governments to publish detailed figures for our defence trade with individual countries. The annual defence balance of trade ratios agreed with the United states for each of the last five years, United States: United Kingdom are:
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