Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase defence spending.

This Government is increasing defence spending and reversing the hollowing out and underfunding of our Armed Forces that we inherited. At the Budget, the Chancellor committed to setting a target for defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030. The Chancellor also announced a fully funded Defence Investment Plan and reaffirmed our commitment to meeting our NATO target of spending 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035.