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Defence Expenditure

Volume 718: debated on Tuesday 2 November 1965

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the increase in real terms in defence expenditure in 1969–70 over the actual level of defence expenditure in 1964.

The Defence Review target for 1969–70 of £2,000 million at the price level of 1964–65 Estimates corresponds almost exactly with the Estimates

Others) Act, 1958, by the constitutional instruments noted:

incorporated in their legal systems the terms of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1958:

for that year. Actual expenditure in 1964–65, excluding surplus receipts, was about £1,945 million or £55 million less at level prices than the 1969–70 Estimates target.