Defence: Finance

(asked on 4th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech on 6 May, whether they will conduct a review of defence spending; and whether they will commit to spending more than the minimum NATO endorsed proportion of GDP on defence.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 12th June 2019

The Government has committed to meet the NATO pledge to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence every year of this Parliament.

Future defence spending will be agreed at the Spending Review.

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