Select Committee · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

National security machinery

Status: Closed Opened: 4 Jan 2021 Closed: 20 Mar 2022 1 report

Because of the concerns it highlighted in its recent Biosecurity and national security report, and the urgency of the need to establish effective national security structures to prepare for further future emergencies, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is examining how well the national security machinery operates — including the roles of the …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - The UK's national security machinery HC 231 19 Sep 2021 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Jul 2021 Rt Hon Michael Gove MP · The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Sir Stephen Lovegrove · Ministry of Defence View ↗
21 Jun 2021 Joe Griffin · Scottish Government, Lieutenant General (retired) H R McMaster, former US National Security Advisor, Reg Kilpatrick · Welsh Government View ↗
7 Jun 2021 Cat Tully · School of International Futures, Professor Sir David Omand, former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator in the Cabinet Office (2002-05), Suzanne Raine, former Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017) View ↗
26 Apr 2021 Bronwen Maddox · Institute for Government, Lord McDonald of Salford, former FCO Permanent Under Secretary View ↗
22 Mar 2021 Rt Hon Lord Hammond of Runnymede, Rt Hon Theresa May MP, former Prime Minister and Home Secretary View ↗
1 Mar 2021 Rt Hon David Cameron, The Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
18 Jan 2022 Correspondence with the National Security Adviser relating to The UK's national…