Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 May 2021Answered: 27 May 2021
Asked by
Jessica Morden
Labour — Newport East
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
That is a first duty that the last Government spectacularly failed at, because they hollowed out our armed forces. We have already delivered the biggest sustained boost in defence spending since the ’80s—that is £270 billion over this Parliament—and we will increase that with the defence investment plan, which will be published before the NATO summit.