We have made clear that we are not looking at making capability cuts in the MDP; we have been looking at how we invest in our armed force

We have already made it absolutely clear that the defence budget will increase, and that by 2021 it will amount to £40 billion.

It is important to recognise that some of the technology that will lead innovation in defence comes not from the large primes but from SM

I congratulate Robertson on the work it is doing.

I am very much looking forward to visiting 40 Commando, and we have no intention of cutting the Royal Marines.

We would not expect to see that right across all US armed forces, but the US has consistently been our closest ally and we would work ver

We are going back and looking at how we do recruitment better—how we go out and get more people applying for our armed forces, and how we

What is clear is that if we want a party that will come to the defence of our armed forces, invest more money in our armed forces and ens

No chance at all.

As the hon.