ative ▁wh ip . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁he ▁argued ▁for ▁retain ing ▁conventional ▁defence ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁nuclear ▁arms , ▁because ▁an ▁answer ▁would ▁be ▁found ▁to ▁the ▁atomic ▁bomb . ▁ ▁Cont ribution ▁to ▁deb ates ▁With ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁army ▁training ▁and ▁the ▁cad et ▁services , ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Prior - Pal mer ▁moved ▁a ▁new ▁clause ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Service ▁Bill ▁which ▁would ▁give ▁an ▁in cent ive ▁to ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁called ▁up ▁for ▁National ▁Service ▁after ▁ach ieving ▁a ▁level ▁of ▁efficiency ▁in ▁the ▁cad ets . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁a ▁Parliament ary ▁deleg ation ▁to ▁East ▁Africa ▁( K en ya , ▁U g anda , ▁Tang any ika ▁and ▁Z anz ib ar ). ▁Later ▁that ▁year ▁he ▁war ned ▁of ▁the ▁danger ▁of ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁by ▁air , ▁and ▁ur ged ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁force ▁to ▁tack le ▁it . ▁ ▁Out sp ok enn ess ▁His ▁constitu ency ▁was ▁safely ▁Conserv ative ▁and ▁Prior - Pal mer ▁had ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁over ▁ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁general ▁election . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁month ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁Parliament , ▁with ▁a ▁Conserv ative ▁government ▁once ▁again , ▁he ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁apolog ise ▁after ▁being ▁over he ard ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁Labour ▁front ben cher ▁and ▁former ▁Minister ▁Jim ▁Griff ith s ▁" had ▁never ▁done