00:00Well, I mean, as they are, you know, strong words, but as Lord Robinson knows, and he's part of the
00:05review into defence,
00:06that we inherited a situation where our defence industry, like much of our public services, completely hollowed out by the
00:12last government.
00:13And that's why when we came into power in our manifesto, we were very clear about the need to get
00:19that defence spending back up
00:20and to invest in our defence industries, and that is what we are doing.
00:24We will reach 2.6% of spending next year. Conservatives never came anywhere near that.
00:30And, you know, that requires a lot of investment, and it takes time to build some of this capacity.
00:36So that is what we are doing. We have the plan. The investment plan will follow.
00:39But we're already getting on with that. We're building ships in the Collide, submarines into Derby.
00:44I was speaking to MPs last night. There's lots of work going on technology and drones, et cetera, in places
00:50like Shipley, my own city of Bristol.
00:52There's lots of places around the country that are already making sure that we are actually getting on with rebuilding
00:58that defence capacity.
00:59And the other thing that we're doing that the Tories never did is investing in Britain
01:03and making sure that the jobs, as a result of our need to increase our security, are happening here in
01:08Britain.
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