Military Vehicles: Repair - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:55 pm ar 4 Medi 2023.

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Photo of Lord West of Spithead Lord West of Spithead Llafur 2:55, 4 Medi 2023

My Lords, the outgoing Defence Secretary—who I think had done quite a good job, I have to say—actually said that the Government for some years had been treating defence spending as discretionary spend and that there had been considerable hollowing out. Indeed, he has mentioned hollowing out a number of times. What areas in terms of stores, supplies and back-up have been hollowed out? Where is this hollowing out occurring that he has referred to so many times? As the Secretary of State, he must have been clearly aware of it.