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1681795

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2023 entitled Update on the AUKUS Defence Partnership, HCWS89, what opportunities will there be for UK industry to engage with the scaling-up of maritime capabilities.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners engage closely with UK industry to keep them informed on all opportunities within the partnership. Our three governments will bolster our efforts here using the AUKUS Industry Forum announced at the December AUKUS Defence Ministerial meeting, including to inform policy, technical, and commercial frameworks to facilitate further the development and delivery of advanced capabilities.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:49:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681796

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on cyber capabilities in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners are making good progress on advanced cyber, engaging with critical suppliers and industry partners to uplift the security of our supply chains. At the recent AUKUS Defence Ministerial Meeting in December 2023, partners agreed to work closely to further strengthen our cyber capabilities in order to protect critical communication and operations systems.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2024 17:41:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681797

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on artificial intelligence capabilities in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners continue to progress AI and autonomy, focusing efforts on Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technologies (RAAIT) to deliver artificial algorithms and machine learning to enhance force protection, precision targeting, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. In April 2023, the UK hosted a successful first demonstration of Australian, UK and US AI-enabled assets in a collaborative swarm to detect and track military targets in a representative environment in real time, with a further demonstration in South Australia in October 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2024 17:27:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681798

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on quantum technologies in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>At the recent AUKUS Defence Ministerial Meeting in December 2023, AUKUS partners agreed to accelerate the development of quantum technologies for positioning, navigation, and timing in military capabilities. These capabilities will enhance our force resilience in GPS-degraded environments and enhance stealth in the undersea domain.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:50:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681799

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on undersea capabilities in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>We are making good progress on developing undersea capabilities, particularly, on autonomous underwater vehicles, including the integration of our ability to launch and recover undersea vehicles from submarine torpedo tubes. This will enhance our strike and surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, increasing the range and effectiveness of our undersea forces. Over the next year, AUKUS partners will continue to conduct trials and pursue increased interoperability of undersea systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:51:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681800

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on (a) hypersonic and (b) counter-hypersonic capabilities in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners continue to progress the exchanging of information and technical data, to accelerate the development of advanced hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities. We are making progress fostering deeper integration of security- and defence-related science and technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:51:34 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681801

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on electronic warfare capabilities in the AUKUS partnership.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners continue to work to develop new tools, techniques, and technology to enable our armed forces to operate in contested and degraded environments. The first trilateral AUKUS Innovation Prize Challenge, a challenge-based competition for innovators in partner nations, will focus on electronic warfare.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:52:00 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681802

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing (a) innovation and (b) information sharing within the AUKUS programme.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners continue to progress innovation and information sharing. The AUKUS Innovation Working Group, led by the UK, leverages innovation in critical key areas, including: AUKUS Innovation Challenges; command-and-control Maritime Uncrewed Systems, the adoption of Autonomous Systems at scale; and the establishment of an industry-led AUKUS Defence Investors Network. AUKUS partners have also made significant progress on information sharing: the US National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 included significant reforms to International Trade in Arms (ITAR) and US export controls, to enable increased license-free trade and information-sharing between AUKUS nations. This was informed by extensive UK and Australian engagement and will be critical to the success of AUKUS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2024 17:28:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681803

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time officials are working on AUKUS pillar two.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 191500 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey).</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2024 17:27:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name UIN 191500.docx title AUKUS
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle