show how precarious international stability can be. new challenges can emerge, and issues in far—away corners of the globe can quickly turn into threats at home, so labour welcomes increased cooperation with our allies. australia and america are two of our closest security partners, and sharing resources and intelligence with them, and enhancing capabilities makes them safer, makes britain safe, and makes the world safer. the lessons of the past few weeks is that britain must look after our most important relationships, or our influence and security quickly declines. so, mr speaker, while labour welcomes this announcement, but can i ask the prime minister to outline and a bit more detail what the agreement means in practice? the strategic review identify china as a systemic