Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding cross-party talks on reaching 3 per cent defence spending by 2030.”
Tabled: 27 January 2026Answered: 2 February 2026
Asked by
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat — Twickenham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey)
The Government are already making the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war; we plan to hit 2.6% of GDP being spent on defence in April 2027, and 3% in the next Parliament.