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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
HC 194 / HL 23
Report
Response to this report
Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
HC 601 / HL 74
Special Report
Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
Inquiry Ransomware
HC 601 / HL 74
Special Report
Second Report - The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
Work Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (Non-inquiry session)
HC 1389 / HL 253
Report
Response to this report
First Special Report - The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2022–23
HC 349 / HL Paper 22
Special Report
Correspondence to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, dated 10 April 2025
Correspondence
Correspondence from Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Security Minister following oral evidence held on 17 March on Defending Democracy, dated 16 April 2025
Work Defending Democracy (Non-inquiry session)
Correspondence
Correspondence to Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Security Minister following oral evidence held on 17 March on Defending Democracy, dated 28 March 2025
Work Defending Democracy (Non-inquiry session)
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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28 April 2025
Work UK strategic posture (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Professor Sir David Omand (Visiting Professor at King’s College London, and former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator at Cabinet Office), Professor Ciaran Martin (Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at University of Oxford, and former Chief Executive at National Cyber Security Centre), Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Director of the US and Americas programme at Chatham House), and Dr Rob Johnson (Director of the Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre at University of Oxford, and former Director of the UK Office of Net Assessment and Challenge at Ministry of Defence)
Oral Evidence
17 March 2025
Work Defending Democracy (Non-inquiry session)
Oral Evidence
3 March 2025
Work Offensive cyber (Non-inquiry session)
Oral Evidence
European Subsea Cables Association (USC0026)
Inquiry Undersea cables
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (USC0022)
Inquiry Undersea cables
Indeximate Ltd (USC0023)
Inquiry Undersea cables

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