Civil Defence

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 February 1983.

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Photo of Sir Patrick Mayhew Sir Patrick Mayhew , Royal Tunbridge Wells 12:00, 3 February 1983

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for what he has said. As I said, civil defence is about saving people's lives, where possible. The difference between the Swiss and ourselves is that the Swiss do not contribute to preventing war by belonging to NATO. We put the bulk of our money into doing our best to prevent a war.