Defence Committee - Sixth Report
The Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 July 2011.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

1  Introduction

2  National Security Council

Status and membership of the National Security Council

National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review

Whitehall structure

A Department for National Security?

Minister for National Security and National Security Adviser

National Security Council Secretariat

The NSC and COBR

Parliamentary scrutiny of the National Security Council

Attendance of the Leader of the Opposition

3  National Security Strategy

Foundation of the National Security Strategy

UK influence in the world

Deficit Reduction

"Full spectrum capability"

Strategy: ends, ways and means

National Security Risk Assessment

Adaptable Posture

4  Strategic Defence and Security Review

Background

Military Tasks and Defence Planning Assumptions

Decisions affecting Military capability

Aircraft Carriers and Carrier-Strike capability

Nimrod MRA4

Basing Review and the return of UK Armed Forces from Germany

Regional impact of the SDSR and Basing Review

Review of Reserve Forces

Future Force 2020

Future Force 2020 and "Critical Mass" of UK Armed Forces

Funding for Future Force 2020

5  Ministry of Defence Budget

Comprehensive Spending Review 2010

Over-commitment in the MoD Budget

Major Projects Review Board

Defence Reform

6  Conclusions

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

16 February 2011

9 March 2011

11 May 2011

18 May 2011

24 May 2011

8 June 2011

22 June 2011

Written evidence

Additional (Unprinted) Written evidence

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Prepared 3 August 2011