Recommendation 20

We recommend that the Cabinet Office undertakes a review of the role of the Devolved Administrations in national security strategy- and policy-making, with consideration given to: • Mechanisms for their direct contribution to the development of the National Security Risk Assessment; • Representation on NSC sub-committees; • The secondment of Devolved Administration officials into the National Security Secretariat and relevant Government departments (and vice versa); and • The potential fine-tuning of the demarcations between devolved and reserved powers. (Paragraph 70) 64 The UK’s national security machinery