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Canada: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (CP1338), published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made on improving the defence and security partnership with C

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (CP1338), published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made on improving the defence and security partnership with C

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the Joint Statement by the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Canada on 15 June 2025, we are working to strengthen cooperation bilaterally, through NATO and the Five Eyes partnership, including to support Ukraine in its self-defence a...

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