Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

“What recent progress the Government has made on its export strategy.”

Tabled: 12 November 2018Answered: 15 November 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

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.