Minister, the question is not about levels of investment. I'll get this on the record as well: The GDP numbers of the government have been fudged. The DPU put forward numbers that were based not on the government's GDP forecast, but their own, which undershot to show that there was higher defence spending of 1.76%. If you back that out, it's well below 1.5%.
On November 28th, 2024. See this statement in context.