No, it does not. The outcome from the defence budget, which must be the basis upon which the right hon. Gentleman is judging last year’s, includes supplementaries. In particular, it now includes the additional half a billion, which I can tell the right hon. Gentleman I chose to send to Ukraine as an active decision, rather than it coming into our main budget; I feel that that would have the support of the House. When we include all that, the budget increases. In any case, it already increased by 1.8%.
Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 7 May 2024.
It occurred during Debate on Defence.
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