Backbench Business — Defence Spending

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 3:15 pm on 12 March 2015.

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Photo of Kevan Jones Kevan Jones Shadow Minister (Defence) 3:15, 12 March 2015

It is a sensible way forward to ensure, as I said in the debate last week, that every single piece of our defence expenditure is reviewed to ensure that we get maximum value for money. If we are going to meet the targets for 2015-16, savings will have to be made and that will be reinvested in what can actually be done. What we do not have is the fiscal straitjacket that the Minister has come 2016-17.