Proceeding contribution from Lord Lee of Trafford (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 27 June 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Defence: Reform.
Defence: Reform
My Lords, I very much welcome this report, which has been a long time coming. Parallel to the restructuring that is talked about in the report, should we not also look at the financial aspects, particularly the relationship between the Treasury and the MoD? When one is talking about programmes of the length that run in the MoD, there should be some certainty of finance. Should we not move towards a situation in which ideally there is some cross-party agreement on the percentage of GDP spent on defence? Should not the Treasury give some sort of 10-year commitment to funding so that this report can be sensibly implemented parallel to the procurement process?
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- 2010-12
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- Armed forces Career development Public expenditure Officers Ministry of Defence Reorganisation Senior civil servants Chiefs of staff Defence Board Defence Reform Review
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