I am getting slightly tired of Government Members talking up 2% as if it were a great achievement. Five years ago it was 2.5%, so the defence budget has been cut over the past five years by 20%. When Labour came to power it was £22 billion. When we left power, the defence budget in cash terms was £39 billion; now it is £24 billion—a real-terms cut. When are these cuts going to stop?
Defence and Security Review (NATO)
Proceeding contribution from
Hugh Bayley
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Defence and Security Review (NATO).
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