Budget Resolutions

Debate between Andrew Griffith and Alex McIntyre

Thursday 29th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Griffith]

The Labour Whips have clearly been doing their history lessons, but history lessons are not going to defend our country. The threat is real. The Defence Secretary is running around telling us to put food under our beds and to store water. The issue is now and that is why the Chancellor himself resigned as Defence Secretary, saying that funding below 3% was inadequate. Nobody challenges that.

[Alex McIntyre (Gloucester) (Lab)]

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

[Andrew Griffith]

I will give way one last time.

[Alex McIntyre]

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. There is an element of agreement, because in our Budget yesterday we agreed to get to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030, as did the hon. Gentleman’s mini-budget back in 2022. But does he agree that the difference between our Budget and his budget is that we will actually get to the spending review next year to be able to deliver it, and that it will last longer than 47 days?