Defence Secretary's speech on Defence Reform 14 Dec 2020 Defence Secretary's speech on Defence Reform Defence Secretary's speech at the RUSI Conference covering the Integrated Review, the spending review settlement and other issues for defence. Good morning, I would like to thank RUSI for giving me the opportunity to start setting out the reasoning behind the defence proposition for the Integrated Review and the MOD’s direction of travel from this point. When last month the Prime Minister called me to confirm his determination to deliver a vision for Global Britain, and defence’s role in it, I knew he had created a real opportunity for us to not only deal with the legacy of previous flawed reviews, but to embark on a deep and far-ranging programme of reform.