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Mr. Stern
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what would be the cost of increasing the United Kingdom's defence capability in all areas, except nuclear defence, by 10 per cent.
Mr. Stanley
The cost of increasing defence expenditure on conventional forces by 10 per cent. would be about £1·8 billion per annum based on current year estimates. The increase in capability which such a sum might buy would depend on how the money were to be spent.