Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP on (a) security and (b) resilience in Vale of Glamorgan constituency.

The increase in defence spending will fund critical investments in areas like autonomous systems, AI, cyber, rebuilding stockpiles and munition reserves, and therefore will support the security and resilience of the whole of the UK, including the Vale of Glamorgan. The full details will be set out in the Strategic Defence Review.

I would like to place on record my thanks to people in the Vale of Glamorgan for their service to our nation and for their support for our national security.