Committees

Defending Democracy

Inquiry

In 2024, there are expected to be over 70 elections around the world. As the UK approaches its next general election, JCNSS is launching its inquiry into ‘Defending Democracy’ to better understand how threats to the UK’s democracy may evolve and be addressed. This will primarily focus on the work of the National Security Council’s Defending Democracy Taskforce. 

Read the call for evidence for further details about this inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 29 March 2024.

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Past events

Monday 18 March 2024
4:00pm Private
4:15pm Public
Defending Democracy - Oral evidence 18 March 2024
4:15pm
  • Professor Rory Cormac (Professor of International Relations at University of Nottingham)
  • Pamela San Martin
5:00pm
  • Dr Mhairi Aitkin (Ethics Fellow in the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute)
  • Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator at Financial Times)
  • Jessica Zucker (Director of Online Safety Policy at Ofcom)
5:45pm
  • Louise Edwards (Director of Regulation and Digital Transformation at Electoral Commission)
  • Vijay Rangarajan (Chief Executive at Electoral Commission)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

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