Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 6
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The lack of clarity over which departments are responsible for which areas of national security...
Conclusion
The lack of clarity over which departments are responsible for which areas of national security policy hampers the possibility for external scrutiny and challenge of national security policy delivery. Our opinion was further solidified when the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology declined to put forward a minister to give evidence to this inquiry alongside the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for Security. (Conclusion, Paragraph 40)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 24 June 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗