There is not only a £38 billion hole in the defence budget, but a £40 billion hole in respect of cuts that were not allocated and a structural deficit of £109 billion. Every single household in this country is effectively borrowing £4,000 this year as a result. Is that not an outrageous state of affairs?
Armed Forces Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Charlie Elphicke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.
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