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National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Joint Select Committee

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy scrutinises the structures for Government decision-making on national security, particularly the role of the National Security Council and the National Security Adviser. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @JointCtteNSS.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security
Inquiry Ransomware
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HC 194 / HL 23
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Response to this report
Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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HC 601 / HL 74
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Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
Inquiry Ransomware
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HC 601 / HL 74
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Second Report - The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
Work Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (Non-inquiry session)
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HC 1389 / HL 253
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First Special Report - The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2022–23
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HC 349 / HL Paper 22
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy to the PM on Defending Democracy
Inquiry Defending Democracy
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Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office relating to the UK Integrated Security Fund, 26 February 2024
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Correspondence
Correspondence from Tom Clementi, Chief Executive Officer, Pool Re, relating to the Committee's Ransomware report, dated 26 February 2024
Inquiry Ransomware
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Oral evidence transcripts

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25 March 2024
Inquiry The UK’s economic security
Witnesses Dr Emily Jones (Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), and Dr Tobias Gehrke (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Affairs)
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25 March 2024
Inquiry The UK’s economic security
Witnesses Dr Zeno Leoni (Lecturer in the Defence Studies at King’s College London), and Dr Minako Morita-Jaeger (Senior Research Fellow in International Trade at University of Sussex Business School)
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Oral Evidence
18 March 2024
Inquiry Defending Democracy
Witnesses Electoral Commission, and Electoral Commission
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Written evidence

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Transparency International UK (DED0027)
Inquiry Defending Democracy
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TikTok (DED0053)
Inquiry Defending Democracy
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Snap Inc (DED0052)
Inquiry Defending Democracy
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
8 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
12 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
9 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
3 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

  • Email: jcnss@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4043 (general enquiries) | 07720 143396 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA