Defence Investment Plan - 23rd June 2026

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Defence Investment Plan.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-23/debates/0ACCD81A-E7A1-40D9-8847-5A1E0A4A0C83/DefenceInvestmentPlan

11:48 Rebecca Smith (Conservative)

The former Defence Secretary has blown apart the defence investment plan, revealing that the Treasury was prepared to offer only a pitiful increase in defence spending—just 0.08% by 2030—despite growing threats across the world. At the same time, the Treasury continues to fork out billions for welfare and the net zero agenda. Innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in defence are effectively locked out of MOD contracts and denied the opportunity to scale their capabilities. As the Chief of the Defence Staff put it,

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