Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn

Your Party — Islington North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 June 2026

Debate

Defence Investment Plan

Contribution

This year, global arms expenditure will be about $3 trillion. Every country that is raising expenditure is doing so through taxation, cuts or debt. In drawing up this defence spending strategy, what consideration did the Minister’s Department or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office give to a strategy of multilateral negotiations, détente and peace in the future, as a way for everybody to benefit from a peace dividend of less being spent on arms, rather than more?

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