HC Deb 07 June 1989 vol 154 cc158-9W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Prime Minister if she will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the Government's assessment of the change in the balance of military advantage between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries in 1959, 1968, 1978 and 1988 respectively.

The Prime Minister

Information on the balance between NATO and the Warsaw pact forces for 1978 and 1988 is available in the relevant tables in the Statements on Defence Estimates for those years, Cmnd. 7099 and Cm. 344-I. Similar information for 1959 and 1968 is not available.