Former MP for Carshalton
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th May, I shall call attention to the Peppiatt Report, and move a Resolution.
I am always pleased to follow the hon. and learned Member for Northampton (Mr. Paget). In fact, I think it is fair to say that in the past he was more likely to follow me than I was to follow him. He has always been a deep thinker on defence, and I do not think that, if I say that I do not entirely agree with what he has said, he will consider that it is any reflection on the depth of his...
I am not detracting from the value of one Polaris-carrying submarine. All I am saying is that we must realise that if there is to be dispersal of these weapons we must have a number of these submarines to make an effective deterrent and the cost of the vehicle for Polaris is astronomic. Polaris is now a deterrent. It is a weapon that works. If we invest in this undersea moving platform, I...
I was coming to that point. I am not saying that because I was not coming to it. It comes a little later in my remarks if the hon. and learned Member does not mind. I was talking about the difficulties of foreseeing expenditure and about the expense of getting something which is a realistic contribution and about the dangers of obsolescence. This problem of future policy does not end there....
The right hon. Gentleman is asking, I take it, whether they include tactical atomic weapons. Yes and no. [Laughter.] I do not want to take up too much time, but I will answer. I am not being laughed at for saying "Yes and no." Today, conventional forces cannot be without tactical weapons. I say that categorically. It is my belief that with the threat that now evists, the likelihood of the...
The hon. Member for Leeds, East (Mr. Healey) has made a highly controversial maiden speech from the Dispatch Box. [HON. MEMBERS: "No."] I gather that it was not a maiden speech. I have no doubt that we shall hear many more speeches from him at that Box, all of them from that side of the House. If he will forgive me—I think it is a weakness in debate—I shall not follow him in his speech,...
That is something which is outside my immediate argument. I could argue it very strongly. If one believes in Communism, if it is the central theme of one's belief that the world will be a proper place for humans to live in only when it is a Communist world, if one makes financial, technical and educational efforts to win the backward peoples, that is not a hostile or basically wicked act; it...
It is not a bogus figure. I owe it to the courtesy of the Foreign Secretary who allowed me to get in touch with some of the people who study this matter. It is significant. There is another instance which may bring some comfort to hon. Members, that of capital. Russian finance compared with that provided by the West is very small. The Soviet credit scheme started in 1954 and the total amount...
