Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the United States and (b) Australia on the potential merits of expanding Pillar II of the AUKUS agreement to include Canada.

The Defence Secretary has regular, routine engagements with his US and Australia counterparts on a number of topics related to AUKUS, including potential collaborators on individual Pillar 2 projects, and will continue to do so.