Defence Expenditure

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 2001.

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Photo of John Spellar John Spellar The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 12:00, 12 February 2001

These issues are not so easily divisible. The ability to undertake high-intensity war fighting also produces the forces that have been able to react rapidly throughout the world, very professionally, to bring peace and stability to many areas—to Kosovo, to Sierra Leone and elsewhere. That is all part of the overall capability of our armed forces.