Standing in for my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), let me challenge this point yet again. The National Audit Office report, which the hon. Gentleman referred to in a roundabout way, said that, if there had been no uplift in spend, over a decade there would be a £38 billion black hole. Therefore, it was not that big in 2010, when he was in post. Does he accept that point?
Defence Reform Bill
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Thomas Docherty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Defence Reform Bill.
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