National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Joint select committee, since 13 January 2010. Its page on the Parliament website.

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.

Inquiries

• AI and quantum computing in the national security context (1 September 2026)
• Space resilience (15 July 2026)
• Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression (2 June 2026)
• Undersea cables: follow-up (14 May 2026)
• Societal resilience: a national conversation (13 April 2026)
• The work of the Integrated Security Fund (4 February 2026)
• Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts (16 October 2025)
• The National Security Strategy (17 June 2025)
• UK strategic posture (14 April 2025)
• Offensive cyber (24 February 2025)
• Defending Democracy (24 February 2025)
• Ransomware (24 February 2025)
• Undersea cables (23 January 2025)
• The work of the National Security Adviser (22 January 2025)
• Defending Democracy (10 January 2024 to 25 May 2024)
• The UK's national security machinery: follow up (5 December 2023 to 25 May 2024)
• The UK’s economic security (22 November 2023 to 25 May 2024)
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (2 May 2023 to 25 May 2024)
• UK Resilience (7 February 2023 to 25 May 2024)
• Ransomware (31 October 2022 to 25 May 2024)
• The work of the National Security Adviser (3 October 2022 to 25 May 2024)
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (19 April 2022 to 1 February 2023)
• Ukraine and the Integrated Review (23 March 2022 to 25 May 2024)
• Critical national infrastructure and climate adaptation (25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023)
• National security spending (23 November 2021 to 1 March 2022)
• Work of the National Security Adviser (4 October 2021 to 1 October 2022)
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report (25 January 2021 to 28 June 2021)
• Session with former chief executive of National Cyber Security Centre (11 January 2021 to 10 November 2021)
• National security machinery (4 January 2021 to 20 March 2022)
• Work of the National Security Adviser (22 June 2020 to 28 June 2021)
• Biosecurity and national security (19 May 2020 to 28 June 2021)
• Ensuring access to ‘safe’ technology: the UK’s 5G infrastructure and national security inquiry (15 July 2019 to 15 July 2019)
• Biosecurity and human health: preparing for emerging infectious diseases and bioweapons inquiry (15 July 2019 to 15 July 2019)
• National Security Capability Review and Modernising Defence Programme: follow up inquiry (11 March 2019 to 11 March 2019)
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund inquiry (23 July 2018 to 23 July 2018)
• National Security Capability Review: A Changing Security Environment (17 January 2018 to 17 January 2018)
• Cyber Security: Critical National Infrastructure inquiry (20 December 2017 to 1 April 2019)
• Work of the National Security Adviser (28 November 2017 to 28 November 2017)
• Cyber Security: UK National Security in a Digital World inquiry (14 December 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund inquiry (26 May 2016 to 7 February 2017)
• National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 inquiry (3 February 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Work of the National Security Adviser one-off session (11 January 2016 to 3 May 2017)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Cabinet Office (12)
• King's College London (6)
• University of Oxford (6)
• Chatham House (4)
• RUSI (4)
• Ministry of Defence (3)
• National Cyber Security Centre (3)
• Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (3)
• Atlantic Council (2)
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (2)
• Electoral Commission (2)
• European Council on Foreign Relations (2)
• European Subsea Cables Association (2)
• Home Office (2)
• National Crime Agency (2)