Minimum of Two Pecent of GDP on Defence Spending — 12 Mar 2015 at 15:30
The majority of MPs taking part voted for defence spending to be set at a minimum of two per cent of GDP.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in the vote was:
- That this House
- believes that defence spending should be set to a minimum of two per cent of GDP in accordance with the UK’s NATO commitment.
The 2015-16 budget[1] contained a £45 billion allocation for defence. The UK GDP for 2014 was 2,945.146 billion dollars[2], or about 1950 billion pounds, so defence spending was already at 2.3%
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