I am most grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I am so sorry to intervene twice. The figure was indeed slightly more than 2%, if not quite 2.5%, but of course, GDP was very much smaller. The amount that the Labour Government were spending when they lost power in 2010 was significantly less—billions of pounds less—than we are spending today.
Global Military Operations
Proceeding contribution from
James Gray
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 June 2023.
It occurred during Debate on Global Military Operations.
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