My Lords, it is not true that these are vague aspirations. I think I said in response to the noble Lord, Lord Collins, that we are committed to investing £5 billion over the next two years to replenish our ammunition stocks, modernise our nuclear enterprise and fund the next phase of the AUKUS partnership. We are committed to spending at least 2.5% of GDP in the longer term. As I said, I cannot provide a precise timeline on that, but there is pretty clear evidence of our intent in the commitments that have been quantified and given a timeline.
Integrated Review Refresh
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 14 March 2023.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Integrated Review Refresh.
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