Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 March 1947.
Mr Konni Zilliacus
, Gateshead
12:00,
11 March 1947
Will the Prime Minister bear in mind the quite unnecessary length of the period of conscription, that at the present moment this country is bearing a greater military burden than any former belligerent, and that, according to his own statement of 6th March, this country does not need to take into its defence calculations the danger of war with either the U.S.A. or the U.S.S.R.?