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Recommendation 14
14
Accepted
Assess impact and outcomes of current defence agreements before new negotiations
Recommendation
If certain relationships are vital to achieving Government goals then the Government should ensure that there is sufficient political attention and resourcing for these relationships. Given the calls on resources, we recommend the Government ensure it assesses the impact and outcomes of current structures and agreements before starting new rounds of negotiations. (Recommendation, Paragraph 48)
Government Response Summary
Through the Defence Diplomacy Strategy, the government commits to ensuring sufficient political attention and resourcing for key relationships and will refine its approach to international agreements to ensure they deliver impact and outcomes.
Government Response
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HM Government
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1 The three levers of Defence—the Joint Force lever, the Influence lever, and the Economic/ Industrial lever—provide the strategic means through which Defence orchestrates military, diplomatic, and economic tools to achieve national security objectives. Through implementing the Defence Diplomacy Strategy, the Government will ensure that the appropriate resource and attention is assigned to our most important relationships. This will include refining our approach to international agreements to ensure they deliver the impact and outcomes for the UK.