Armed Forces: Investment

Baroness Falkner of Margravine Excerpts

Monday 22nd January 2018 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, as I have made clear in this House, there is no question of this country abandoning its amphibious capability or cyber, quite the opposite: there is a £1.9 billion programme across government to boost our cyber capabilities. However, as I said last Thursday, the NSCR may result in our reprioritising how we allocate our resources to emphasise the most effective capabilities for the world in which we operate.

[Baroness Falkner of Margravine (LD)]

My Lords, I think the Minister implied that the results of the review may be made public. Will he tell the House why they might not be made public? We are asking not for the evidence but for the results of the review to be made public, so the rest of us can see how the Government have arrived at their conclusions.

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, the Government always wish their decisions to have maximum transparency but national security considerations may override that.