Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his NATO counterparts on increasing defence spending, in the context of further potential international conflict.

We are in a new era of global threats to the international order, most notably Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. The UK has led the conversation on defence spending at NATO, including at last year's Summit in Vilnius, where Leaders agreed a new Defence Investment Pledge to spend at least 2% GDP on defence, and to do so urgently.

The Government remains committed to spending at least 2% of GDP on defence, and the Prime Minister has set the aspiration to increase defence spending to 2.5%, when the economic and fiscal conditions allow. Now is the time for all Allied and democratic nations across the world to ensure their defence spending is growing.