I agree that we inherited a financial shambles, as I have said many times before, but if we are prepared to ring-fence the international aid budget, it becomes a question of priorities. My point is that we need to spend more on defence and we need to reflect what is happening on the international stage: we are failing to do that.
Defence Spending
Proceeding contribution from
John Baron
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 March 2015.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Defence Spending.
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