00:00The first duty of any government is to keep our country safe.
00:04That is a duty the Prime Minister and I treat with the utmost seriousness.
00:10My job as Secretary of State is to maximise our deterrence and ensure that should deterrence
00:17fail we have the capability to fight and to win.
00:22That means investment.
00:24President Trump has called on Europe to carry a greater share of the burden for our own
00:31defence and he is right to do so.
00:35The UK has always been a leading light on defence spending but the world is changing and in
00:42these dangerous uncertain times it is clear that we have needed to go further.
00:46That is why we have committed £298 billion over the next four years including an additional
00:55£15 billion on top of last year's spending review settlement.
00:59Madame.
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