Committees

Biosecurity and national security

Inquiry

Following up the previous Committee’s partially completed inquiry into biosecurity in 2019, and the continued salience of such pandemic risks with Covid-19, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is examining how biosecurity is addressed in national security planning and resilience implementation.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 9 November 2020
4:00pm Public
Biosecurity and national security - Oral evidence 9 November 2020
4:00pm
  • Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP (Paymaster General at Cabinet Office)
  • Roger Hargreaves (Director, Civil Contingencies Secretariat at Cabinet Office)
Virtual Meeting
Monday 19 October 2020
4:00pm Public
Biosecurity and national security - Oral evidence 19 October 2020
4:00pm
  • Sir Patrick Vallance (Government Chief Scientific Adviser at Government Office for Science)
  • Clara Swinson (Director General, Global Health at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Professor John Simpson (Medical Director in Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response at Public Health England)
Virtual Meeting
Monday 28 September 2020
4:00pm Public
Biosecurity and national security - Oral evidence 28 September 2020
4:00pm
  • Professor Frederic Bouder (Risk Management at University of Stavanger, Norway)
  • Professor Sophie Harman (International Politics at Queen Mary University of London)
  • Professor Colin McInnes (Pro Vice Chancellor (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation) at Aberystwyth University)
Virtual Meeting
Monday 7 September 2020
4:00pm Public
Biosecurity and national security - Oral evidence 7 September 2020
4:00pm
  • Dr Jennifer Cole (Research Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London)
  • Dr Patricia M. Lewis (Director, International Security Programme at Chatham House)
Virtual meeting

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: jcnss@parliament.uk
  • Address: Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA