Source · Select Committees · Defence Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Rejected
Paragraph: 53
The reason that lack of publicly available information of the Government’s defence and security priorities...
Conclusion
The reason that lack of publicly available information of the Government’s defence and security priorities presents a problem is that for integration—highlighted by the MoD as absolutely vital for the UK’s security—to be effective, the NSC must set clear priorities, backed with sufficient resources. If we (and the general public) are not aware of the priorities or the progress made on them, we cannot say with certainty whether we are being adequately protected by our Government.
Government Response Summary
The government disputes the recommendation, asserting that the IR and Command Paper already outlined the government's priorities and Defense's contribution.
Paragraph Reference:
53
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
We would dispute this recommendation. The IR set out the vision for a Global Britain and outlined the Government’s overarching priorities. Further the Command Paper outlined Defence’s contribution to delivering these priorities up to 2025. However, as the Secretary of State has stated, as the threat changes, we need to change with it. Defence is committed to ensuring its priorities are sufficiently resourced, however as we have stated, we will have to adapt to a more challenging delivery context. As highlighted in our wider response, the Government has proposed a number of mechanisms to inform both Parliament and the public of the Government’s vision for foreign policy, defence and security and progress on the delivery of the IR.