John Healey says National Security is the foundation for everything’ as Defence gets £2.2bn boostSource: Sky News
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00:00Is it fair to say, Defence Secretary, that there's a message loud and clear from the government today
00:05that national security comes above all else?
00:08Every other department likely to see cuts today, if she's announcing anything relating to them.
00:14Yours is the only one to get a boost.
00:16And that national defence comes even before the most vulnerable in our society?
00:22Well, you'll hear the Chancellor argue today that national security is the foundation for everything else.
00:27It's the foundation for a stable, secure economy.
00:32It's the foundation for a confident society.
00:36And it's the first duty of our government.
00:39And that's why we're making this investment in an increasingly uncertain world.
00:44And in this new era of threats, we need a new era of defence.
00:48But we need a government, as this one does, willing to commit that to defence.
00:53But we're a government also that will make sure this is money well spent.
00:57It's the money that boosts Britain's jobs, Britain's businesses, Britain's innovation,
01:02Britain's technology, and we can do that right across the country.