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We are spending in excess of 2% and we are one of the only countries in Europe to do that. The Greeks, I believe, are spending more than 2% but, if I can put it this way, not all on things that are useful for all of NATO. We should continue to make sure we fulfil all our commitments on defence spending.

Answered by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
7 May 2014
Reference
580 c147
House
House of Commons

We will review the national security strategy on the four-year rolling basis that we established it—that is the right thing to do. On what we have done on defence spending, we still have a top five defence budget of any country in the world; we have removed the £38 billion black hole that we inherited; and we have set out spending of £160 billion over the next decade on defence equipment. But we would not be able to get that modern defence equipment—the things that modern defence forces need—if we had not taken difficult and long-term decisions at the start of this Parliament.

Answered by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
26 March 2014
Reference
578 c344
House
House of Commons