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Recommendation 4
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Accepted
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To ensure lessons are learned from previous security and defence Reviews, the Integrated Review should...
Recommendation
To ensure lessons are learned from previous security and defence Reviews, the Integrated Review should engage with a wide range of stakeholders who were engaged in or scrutinised previous Reviews and the policies, programmes and military deployments that flowed from them.
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The Government states that officials have met and will continue to meet with a wide range of stakeholders, including former Ministers, national security and defence officials, allies, the defence industry, civil society, think tanks, and academia, to ensure openness and transparency.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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When he launched the Review, the Prime Minister was clear that it should be as open and transparent as possible. Throughout the Review, officials across departments have met with former Ministers, senior national security officials as well as former defence officials, all with experience of previous Reviews. This engagement has and will continue for the duration of the Review. The Government has sought input from our most important allies and partners, including the defence industry, and is also taking views from civil society stakeholders including think tanks and academia. The exact mechanisms for this engagement vary between stakeholders.
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