Another key feature of that era was the Treasury’s 10-year rule of basing defence expenditure on the assumption that there would not be a war in Europe within the next 10 years, which rather unravelled at the end of the 1930s.
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 March 2024.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
Debates on select committee report on Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment.
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2023-24
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