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Written Question
Treasury: Public Expenditure
Monday 22nd October 2018

Asked by: Lord Bellingham (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future funding of his Department.

Answered by Gavin Williamson

I have regular discussions with the Chancellor.

This Government is committed to spending at least 2% of GDP on defence and the Ministry of Defence’s budget will rise at least 0.5% above inflation every year of this Parliament, taking it to almost £40 billion by 2021.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. If he will bring forward legislative proposals for a statute of limitations to protect British armed forces veterans from prosecution for historic allegations. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that reply. Obviously, many veterans will listen carefully to what he has said, particularly Dennis Hutchings, a Northern Ireland veteran who was arrested in a dawn raid and charged with attempted murder in respect of an allegation from 1974 which had …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I would just suggest to the Secretary of State that we need to look at the situation regarding all veterans, so that veterans from all campaigns can have a statute of limitations...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered historic allegations against veterans.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. The first and foremost duty of any Government is to protect and defend their citizens from internal threats and threats from abroad—away from the UK. Young …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"We have to draw a distinction: the police and armed forces were acting under statute. They showed immense bravery, professionalism and courage, and they were acting in support of the civil code and authorities. They were also acting under the Yellow Book—which the colonel, my hon. Friend the Member for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"My right hon. Friend has done a lot of work on this, and I pay tribute to his work and that of his Committee. I have a way forward, which involves the statute of limitations, which covers the whole of the UK, but I shall come on to that.

Let …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I do not think that any other country in the world would treat its veterans in this way. It is a straightforward breach of the armed forces covenant and is bound to have an impact on morale and, as he points …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"I shall come on to the statute of limitations point in a moment—I shall close my remarks shortly—but my hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point.

As we know, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Sir Michael Fallon) took action when he was Secretary of State for Defence. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 May 2018
Historic Allegations against Veterans

"I am grateful for that intervention.

I shall now conclude. The point is that these veterans are not asking for a great deal; they are simply making a request of this Government of all Governments—a Conservative Government who, at every possible opportunity, stand up and say that they support veterans. …..."
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