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National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 inquiry

Inquiry

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy launched an inquiry examining the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (NSS & SDSR 2015).

The inquiry considered several areas including:

  • whether the NSS & SDSR 2015 is a practical guide to investment choices across Government Departments, to operational priorities and to crisis response,
  • how the NSS & SDSR 2015 addresses risk and contingency planning, and
  • whether the NSS & SDSR 2015 defines "national security" in sufficiently broad terms and achieves an appropriate balance between military, economic and environmental risks.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
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HC 153 / HL Paper 18
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Response to this report
1st Special Report - National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2016–17
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HC 761 / HL 56
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Prime Minister, dated 4 May 2016
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Oral evidence transcripts

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6 March 2017
Inquiry National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 inquiry
Witnesses Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Conrad Bailey
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Oral Evidence
23 May 2016
Inquiry National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 inquiry
Witnesses Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Conrad Bailey, Director of Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and Defence, Cabinet Office
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Oral Evidence
14 March 2016
Inquiry National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 inquiry
Witnesses Professor John Gearson, Professor of National Security Studies at King’s College, London, Professor Patrick Porter, Academic Director, Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter, and James de Waal, Senior Fellow in International Security, Chatham House.
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Written evidence

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The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Home Secretary (NSS0009)
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ADS Group (NSS0005)
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Royal Aeronautical Society (NSS0006)
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Other publications

Government Responses
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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