Oral Question·Department for Exiting the European Union
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 23 January 2018Answered: 1 February 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Answer from Hansard
Darren Jones
Yes, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on championing jobs and businesses in her constituency. As she knows, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have confirmed that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and that a minimum of 10% of the Ministry of Defence equipment budget will now be spent on novel technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence, which will create highly skilled jobs and drive benefits to the wider economy, including in her constituency of Stoke-on-Trent South.