(7 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberI can confirm that she will commence her sea trials this summer and enter into the same programme so that she can sail into Portsmouth later this year.
Will the Minister join me in wishing Godspeed to HMS Diamond, which is shortly to leave from Portsmouth to lead the NATO taskforce in the Black sea?
I certainly will join my hon. Friend in wishing Godspeed to HMS Diamond and, indeed, to all our destroyers that are currently on a range of different tasks around the globe.
(7 years, 9 months ago)
Commons ChamberWe use exactly the methodology that NATO approves, and everything is consistent with NATO’s definition. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify whether the Labour party will also commit to spending 2% of the country’s GDP on defence.