Question follow-through · 63752
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on spending 5% of gross national income on defence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on spending 5% of gross national income on defence.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Defence has regular engagements with the US Secretary of Defense where they discuss a range of topics including defence spending. At the Hague Summit, Allies committed to investing 5% of GDP annually on defence and security, whi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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