Question follow-through · 4919

AUKUS

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an AUKUS visa across trilateral AUKUS partners.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 29 May 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2026
Answer: 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an AUKUS visa across trilateral AUKUS partners.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The UK remains fully committed to “full steam ahead” on AUKUS, injecting pace, focus and significant investment to drive delivery, alongside the US and Australia. The House of Commons Defence Committee report on AUKUS sets out a recommendation to introduc...

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