Select Committee · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Biosecurity and national security

Status: Closed Opened: 19 May 2020 Closed: 28 Jun 2021 1 report

Following up the previous Committee’s partially completed inquiry into biosecurity in 2019, and the continued salience of such pandemic risks with Covid-19, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is examining how biosecurity is addressed in national security planning and resilience implementation.

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
1st Report: Biosecurity and national security HC 611 18 Dec 2020 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
9 Nov 2020 Roger Hargreaves · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP · Cabinet Office View ↗
19 Oct 2020 Clara Swinson · Department for Health and Social Care, Professor John Simpson · Public Health England, Sir Patrick Vallance · Government Office for Science View ↗
28 Sep 2020 Professor Colin McInnes · Aberystwyth University, Professor Frederic Bouder · University of Stavanger, Norway, Professor Sophie Harman · Queen Mary University of London View ↗
7 Sep 2020 Dr Jennifer Cole · Royal Holloway University of London, Dr Patricia M. Lewis · Chatham House View ↗