A Bill to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for defence expenditure to constitute a minimum of 2% of Gross Domestic Product; to make provision that the definition of defence expenditure is subject to independent verification; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
30 March 2015
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This bill would require the UK to meet NATO’s defence spending target of at least 2% of GDP and to have independent verification of what counts as defence expenditure. It also covers related purposes. It is a Commons-originating bill and is currently at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons.
The bill began in the Commons with a 1st reading in 2014 and a 2nd reading in 2015; it is currently at the 2nd reading stage in the Commons. No further stages are recorded in the provided information.
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7 Jul 2014
9 Jan 2015
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill began its second reading debate on 9 January 2015 but the debate was then adjourned.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
