National Security and Defence

Part of Isil – in the House of Commons at 3:43 pm on 23 November 2015.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:43, 23 November 2015

Let me pay tribute to the hon. Lady, who was arguing for increases in defence spending earlier this year. She was absolutely right about that. She is also right that we need to combine our overseas aid budget with our defence budget, because it is equally important to make sure that we build security, governance and systems through which countries can see that their countries are working for them. We will not solve the problem in Syria through missiles and bombs alone; it has to be solved by helping the Syrian people to have a Government and a country in which they can put their trust.