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National Security Adviser questioned on Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

28 November 2016

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy hold an evidence session on the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).

Witnesses

Monday 28 November 2016, Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

At 4.15pm

  • Sir Mark Lyall Grant, National Security Adviser
  • Robert Chatterton Dickson, Director of Foreign Policy, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office
  • Melinda Simmons, Head of the National Security Secretariat Joint Programme Hub

Background and likely topics for discussion

The CSSF is a pool of Government money worth more than £1 billion pounds a year that is spent to address conflict and instability overseas.

Likely topics for discussion include:

  • How the CSSF contributes to the UK's national security
  • UK stabilisation policy
  • The day-to-day running and budget of the CSSF

Further information

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