Question follow-through · 127175
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister: Australia
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister visited Australia in April 2026.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister visited Australia in April 2026.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister visited Australia in April 2026 to build critical policy and security links with state and regional authorities in Australia. This included defence visits for the AUKUS programme, and discussions with Ministers at...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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