Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Maria Eagle and Lincoln Jopp

Monday 6th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Maria Eagle]

Yes.

[Lincoln Jopp (Spelthorne) (Con)]

When the Secretary of State appeared at the Defence Committee recently, he was sitting alongside his permanent secretary when the permanent secretary announced that it was his aspiration to reduce the number of MOD civil servants by 10% within this Parliament. Does the Secretary of State recognise and welcome that aspiration?