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Defence Spending

Debate between John Baron and Julian Smith
Thursday 12th March 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Baron Portrait Mr Baron
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I completely agree with my hon. Friend. That point is best encapsulated in the recent statistic from the Library, which suggests that if the international aid budget continues to grow as it is, it will be as big as the defence budget by 2030—in only 15 years’ time. That is nonsense.

Julian Smith Portrait Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con)
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I am sympathetic to many of my hon. Friend’s arguments, but does he not need to make it clear that the Government had a £38 billion black hole to deal with, and many major challenges had to be addressed in 2010?

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