Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Marion Fellows and James Heappey

Monday 18th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[James Heappey]

My right hon. Friend makes a really important point. Autonomy is increasingly the key to the successful generation of overwhelming force in the battle space. That is a key part of the integrated review and within the defence industrial strategy. It may well be that a more lethal force—even a bigger force—does not necessarily acquire more workforce in the future if that is the way in which the trend continues to go.

[Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)]

9. What recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on armed forces personnel.