Peter Fortune

Peter Fortune

Conservative — Bromley and Biggin Hill

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 December 2025

Debate

NATO Defence Expenditure Target

Contribution

It was troubling to hear—unless I misheard the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith)—that the Secretary of State can talk with exactitude about the future of welfare spending, but not of defence spending. I remind him that the last time a Government spent 3% on defence was in 1996, and it was a Conservative Government. He is eloquent, but I would like him to be exact. When specifically—in which financial year—can we expect to hit 3% on defence spending?

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