HC Deb 18 May 1993 vol 225 c142W
19. Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of how recent representations on defence expenditure differ from those received by his Department during the mid-1980s.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

There have been major changes in the strategic environment since the mid-1980s. These changes have been reflected in our defence expenditure plans and, of course, in the representations received on them.