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Mr. Dalyell
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration Her Majesty's Government gave, when examining the United States request for the use of United Kingdom bases for the raid on Libya in April 1986, to the capability of the United States of America to carry out the raid from aircraft carriers.
Mr. Stanley
I have nothing to add to what was said by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in her statement on 15 April 1986 at columns 729–30.