In the past, it has been possible to make common cause between the Government and Labour Benches on the need to secure the future of the nuclear deterrent. Can we now make common cause on a recognition that the bare minimum of 2% of GDP is simply not enough, bearing in mind the fact that for several years after the cold war, in 1995-96, after we had taken the peace dividend, we were still spending 3%, not 2%, of GDP on defence?
Budget Resolutions
Proceeding contribution from
Julian Lewis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 November 2017.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions.
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