Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the expansion of AUKUS to include Canada.

Our ambition to deliver nuclear-powered submarines for Australia will remain trilateral, however, as our work progresses on AUKUS Pillar Two and other critical defence and security capabilities, we and our Australian and American partners will seek opportunities to engage key partners and allies when and where relevant, potentially including Canada, with whom we already enjoy a close defence relationship.