My hon. Friend is making an extremely powerful speech. He is absolutely right that people claim there are no votes in defence. I would argue that there are no votes in defeat. Sadly, in the past year we have seen a reversal of our interests and influence in places such as Afghanistan and now, sadly, in Ukraine, where deterrence has now turned into defence. Although it may be true that it is not popular to spend money on insurance premiums, the alternative—finding out we are uninsured—is a lot worse.
Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22
Proceeding contribution from
Tom Tugendhat
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2022.
It occurred during Estimates day on Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22.
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