I thank my right hon. Friend the Chairman of the Committee for giving way, but surely this is the role of Ministers. It is the role of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Defence to be providing that leadership, setting out that strategic vision, and therefore the reason for that expenditure. That is where the leadership has to come from.
Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 January 2018.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Defence.
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