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DEFENCE – MUNITIONS STOCKS & DEFENCE BUDGET - 12 December 2022

DEFENCE – MUNITIONS STOCKS & DEFENCE BUDGET - 12 December 2022

Dr Julian Lewis: Is it not impossible for us to supply ever increasing amounts of munitions to Ukraine and also to replenish our own munitions stocks without a significant increase in our current peacetime defence budget?

[The Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk): I was pleased to note an additional £560 million provided from the recent settlement to replenish precisely those stocks. Also, the production lines to re-procure some of the very weapons that are going to go back on to British shelves are already running, and we will continue on that path.]