Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 94958

Australia and USA: Defence

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held a trilateral meeting with his US and Australian counterpart since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Secretary of State for Defence hosted the first UK-hosted AUKUS Defence Ministers' meeting on 26 September 2024 with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, and the then United States Secretary of Defense, The Honourable Lloyd J. Austin III...
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