The hon. Lady should recognise that this is the biggest commitment in spending on our armed forces since the cold war. Labour left a black hole in our defence money of £38 billion. [Interruption.] Yes, they did. This is a massive investment and it is designed to deal with the chronic problems that previous Governments have failed to address—modernising our forces with AI, with the future combat air system, and finally moving into cyber. I think that is the hard-edged investment this country needs to modernise our forces and take them forward. Labour consistently failed to do that.
Integrated Review
Proceeding contribution from
Boris Johnson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 March 2021.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Integrated Review.
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