00:00The important thing, it is important we deliver the defence investment plan.
00:03The Prime Minister said it's a priority and we'll publish as soon as it's ready.
00:06But we've got to get it right.
00:07We've learned from Ukraine that the world of war has changed very significantly just in the last few years.
00:12These are big decisions and we're going to get them right.
00:13But that's not holding us up from getting on with two things.
00:16Increasing defence expenditure right now will hit 2.6% of GDP next year, significantly earlier than planned.
00:22But we're also signing contracts, 1,200 defence contracts over the course of this government.
00:27Just last month, a billion pounds for howitzers.
00:29You'll have seen the big deal with Leonardo, helicopters in Somerset.
00:32We're getting on with those contracts right now because we've got to both make our country secure but also back
00:37our defence industry.
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