Recommendation 13

We are deeply concerned by the Government’s failure to recognise the impact of barriers to workforce movement across the trilateral. The ensuing inconvenience and cost may currently be manageable—although they are having a stifling effect on collaboration—but it is clear to us that existing arrangements will not be sustainable as work on AUKUS intensifies. With the programme already working to ambitious timelines, this problem must be addressed now to avoid future backlogs and delays, which could threaten the delivery of SSN-AUKUS in both the UK and Australia. (Conclusion, Paragraph 61)