Ben Wallace corrected the Commons record on Ukraine: Update
The words were spoken in the Commons on 16 January 2023. The correction was made by letter from the Secretary of State for Defence, the right hon. Member for Wyre and Preston North (Mr Wallace), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 February 2023. The figure £24 billion in the original became £41 billion in the correction. Altogether 11 words differ between the two versions.
Original and corrected words
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
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| The right hon. Gentleman referenced the Army cuts. I have come to this Dispatch Box on numerous occasions and admitted how woeful our Army’s equipment programmes have been in the past and how behind and out of date they have been. That is why we have committed | The right hon. Gentleman referenced the Army cuts. I have come to this Dispatch Box on numerous occasions and admitted how woeful our Army’s equipment programmes have been in the past and how behind and out of date they have been. That is why we have committed to investing £41 billion in Army equipment and support over the next 10 years. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/DAC3F4D8-6314-43D1-88D5-8619E35390A1.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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