National Security Capability Review Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

National Security Capability Review

Edward Leigh Excerpts
Monday 15th January 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)
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Many of us are sympathetic with the Secretary of State in his battle royal with the Treasury—after all, we are down to our last 13 frigates and six destroyers—and think that we should be spending 3% of gross national product, not 2%, but how many of us will support the Treasury when, having achieved our aims and we do spend 3% of GNP on defence, we cut the budgets of other Departments?

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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I think that I will refer that question to Treasury questions as something the Chancellor might like to take up.