Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 12
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The Government must accelerate its plans for improving the size and state of the reserves,...
Recommendation
The Government must accelerate its plans for improving the size and state of the reserves, and provide more detail for its plans to involve the reserves in the protection of Critical National Infrastructure. This should include planning for their use to replace uniformed specialists who have been moved to frontline services; the continued functioning of services in a communications and supplies-degraded environment; and plans for deployment in a crisis. (Recommendation, Paragraph 58)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 24 June 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗