Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 6 December 2022Answered: 12 December 2022

Asked by

Sir John Whittingdale

ConservativeMaldon

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

The hon. Lady’s constituents are right to be frustrated about the empty, unfunded promises that were left behind by the Conservatives—a point made by her and by my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy). Under the previous Government’s plan, a new hospital in Basingstoke would simply not have been delivered because it was unfunded: it was a promise without anything behind it. We have put in place a funded, deliverable plan that will see the hospital built, and we will work closely with the trust to ensure that it is.