Armed Forces: Capability and Strength

Part of Defence – in the House of Commons at on 21 October 2019.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Ben Wallace Ben Wallace The Secretary of State for Defence

Our armed forces have suffered decades of being hollowed out to meet short-term pressures. Eventually, that takes its toll on the men and women of the armed forces and the equipment and maintenance programme. The funds announced recently in the spending review will allow us to reinvest and to maintain our forces at their present levels. The adequacy of our capability is of course defined by the extent of our ambitions, and by whether we as a nation are willing to fund them.