Defence: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on AUKUS.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Government is fully committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence as soon as possible. The Government will set out a clear path to 2.5% at a future fiscal event.
As set out in the Terms of Reference for the Strategic Defence Review, the UK is committed to the delivery of the AUKUS partnership with the US and Australia.
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