Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1958.
The right hon. Gentleman is incorrect to say that no notice has been taken of the recommendations of the Grigg Report. This was one item in it. The Grigg Committee gave the impression that this was taking place, but I have been in some difficulty to trace any examples of double banking in this way. When it is necessary, for instance, to convey a V.I.P. over a long distance in Germany—perhaps some 300 miles—and he is to be there for a couple of days and has many appointments to fulfil and the authorities are anxious that he should be sure of keeping his appointments, and when there is a risk of breaking down on long autobahn journeys, sometimes a second car is sent. However, that is certainly not general practice in the Army; of that I can assure the right hon. Gentleman.