Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 2001.
Dr Alan Williams
Labour, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
12:00,
12 February 2001
Will my hon. Friend confirm that defence expenditure, though rising as a percentage of gross domestic product, is much lower than it was in the mid 1980s, thanks to the peace dividend? Will he also confirm that a higher proportion of that spending is now spent on peacekeeping than on offensive capability?
