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Date: 21st March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 178
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P178 CEEFAX 178 Thu 21 Mar 21:53/02 The Government has been criticised over the way the Treasury is "dictating" arbitrary cuts in the Royal Navy Fleet.In a new report, the Commons Defence Committee describes as "regrettable" the Government's decision unilaterally to cut the surface fleet without formaldiscussions with Nato. Even worse, it says, is the Treasury dictating the size of the surface fleetduring public expenditure negotiations.Under planned cuts, Britain would have to reduce its wartime tasks, it warned.101Headlines 160Politics 102Newswatch 180World Next News Parl'ment Politics WorldNews