The hon. Gentleman is making some fair points, if I may say so. Does he accept this one as well? When considering the total amount of money that goes towards our collective national defence, there are a number of pots, particularly in so far as they affect the intelligence services, which are especially important in terms of waging war in cyber-space, that are not necessarily taken account of within the £36 billion of the defence departmental expenditure limit, and that must be taken into consideration when looking at this in the round.
Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Alex Chalk
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 January 2018.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Defence.
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