Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Gerald Howarth (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 on behalf of the Treasury.
Department of Health: Funding
- Question
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While I welcome this Government’s commitment to health, may I invite my right hon. Friend to take a leaf out of President Trump’s book and increase defence expenditure by 10%, funded from the bloated overseas aid budget?
- Answer
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Although, as you say, Mr Speaker, there may perhaps have been a slightly tenuous link with the question, it was still a predictable question from my hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Sir Gerald Howarth). We are delivering on the 2%-plus expenditure commitment on defence, and we are increasing defence spending in real terms. Again, it is important that we have a strong economy so that we can properly fund our defence.
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- Oral question
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- 622 c140
- Session
- 2016-17
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- Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Public expenditure Department of Health
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