Question follow-through · 13404
Commonwealth: Cybersecurity and Joint Exercises
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Policy Exchange entitled One Family: Harnessing the Strategic Potential of the Commonwealth, published on 17 October 2024, if he will make an
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Policy Exchange entitled One Family: Harnessing the Strategic Potential of the Commonwealth, published on 17 October 2024, if he will make an
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK works bilaterally and multilaterally with many Commonwealth members on defence and security issues, including through other forums - and attaches great importance to this. The Commonwealth as a collective has also been vocal on security issues faci...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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