Jayne Kirkham

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op) — Truro and Falmouth

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 June 2026

Debate

Defence Investment Plan

Contribution

This Government are not year zero. The 2.5% target has not been hit since 2010—the end of the last Labour Government—and there has been an extra £11 billion since the end of the last Conservative Government. I met my ex-husband in the Fleet Air Arm in 2003, just in time to witness some of the hollowing out of the armed forces, with the loss of capability and good people. I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for providing the continuity needed for these detailed negotiations. Can he confirm that there will, by the NATO summit, be a fully funded plan on defence for the first time in a generation?

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