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date	20/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Japan: Military Alliances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to improve defence cooperation with Japan in the Indo-Pacific.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	27029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence will continue to strengthen our defence relationship with Japan via the commitments made under the Hiroshima Accord, the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) and the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The Carrier Strike Group's deployment to the Indo-Pacific in 2025 will further strengthen UK and Japan defence cooperation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/05/2024 09:19:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1717959

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Japan: Military Alliances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Japan-UK Reciprocal Access Agreement, signed on 11 January 2023, whether he plans to deploy armed forces to the South China Sea in proximity to Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	26081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement enables UK and Japanese military personnel to operate and exercise together in each other’s countries. There are no plans to utilise the RAA in the South China Sea.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2024 11:21:09 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell