Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) spending on national security to 5% of GDP by 2035—to be made up by a projected split of 3.5% on core defence - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) That would be a vital stepping stone on the way to the higher defence spending he is seeking. - Speech Link
3: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) We have a plan in place to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP this Parliament. - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) That is why the Prime Minister has referred to a defence dividend. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Bedford (Con - Mid Leicestershire) contemporary example of a state supporting businesses to grow, he should look at our good friends in Singapore - Speech Link
2: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Bourne) MPs in open revolt about the slightly tiny welfare reforms and an unfunded commitment to increase defence - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) or deterring the employee from taking protected industrial action or penalising them, they have a defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Singapore, Ireland and other successful economies have demonstrated that worker protection and economic - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) economic partnership with Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) not particularly the case when it comes to some of our new international trade agreements that have defence - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) Now, we have to raise defence spending and engage our citizens in national security. - Speech Link
2: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I have to say, he is an absolutely excellent defence Minister, and I support everything that he said - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch (Lab - Life peer) He fought his way down the Malay Peninsula to Singapore, chased by the formidable Japanese army. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) Were my father here today, he would tell us that we need to spend more on defence. - Speech Link
5: Lord Rook (Lab - Life peer) He serves today as an adviser to the Ministry of Defence and as a reservist in our Army. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) On SMEs, does she recognise that the defence industry in Bristol suffers from the inability to receive - Speech Link
2: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) We cannot ignore the growing pressure to spend more on defence, especially as the US steps away from - Speech Link
3: Rachel Blake (LAB - Cities of London and Westminster) In addition to trade and the important points that have been made about defence, does my hon. - Speech Link
4: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) been reached on defence expenditure by this Government.My hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Paul Davies (Lab - Colne Valley) The pact aims to enhance collaboration on security and defence policy, ensuring that the UK and EU can - Speech Link
2: Mike Martin (LD - Tunbridge Wells) We are at a key geopolitical moment, which encompasses both economic issues and security and defence - Speech Link
3: Mike Martin (LD - Tunbridge Wells) The EU set up a defence fund that put money into European defence industries to pump-prime them and get - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) capabilities, unless the Government agree to defence and security partnerships with Brussels. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Chris Curtis (Lab - Milton Keynes North) Sure, we should be investing in defence, but we can do so only if we have a strong economy. - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Mid Buckinghamshire) But I have deep concerns about the tone of the Bill and some of the rhetoric underneath its defence. - Speech Link
3: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) project also faces opposition because of the national security risks identified by the Ministry of Defence - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) We need to build our own defence capacity and reset our relationship. - Speech Link
2: Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Con - Life peer) Do we have the industrial muscle still to rebuild our defence industries? - Speech Link
3: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) We need a stronger defence and an independent nuclear deterrent. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) work with the US to deepen our defence ties. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) We are working in my Department and across Government with the Ministry of Defence, which we meet regularly - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Members, I have also been reflecting on our recent Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to Singapore - Speech Link