The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
is appointed by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to
consider the National Security Strategy.
Membership
| HOUSE OF LORDS | HOUSE OF COMMONS
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| Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative)
Lord Fellowes (Crossbench)
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour/Co-operative)
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour)
Lord Lee of Trafford (Liberal Democrat)
Baroness Manningham-Buller (Crossbench)
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Labour)
Lord Sterling of Plaistow (Conservative)
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Conservative)
| Margaret Beckett MP (Labour) (Chair)
Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP (Conservative)
Mr Adrian Bailey MP (Labour/Co-operative,
Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat)
Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal Democrat)
Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)
Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP (Labour)
Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative)
Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative)
Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative)
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour)
Mr Tim Yeo MP (Conservative)
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Powers
The Committee has
the power to require the submission of written evidence and documents,
to examine witnesses, to meet at any time (except when Parliament
is prorogued or dissolved), to adjourn from place to place within
the United Kingdom, to appoint specialist advisers, and to make
Reports to both Houses. The Lords Committee has power to agree
with the Commons in the appointment of a Chairman.
Publications
The Report of the
Joint Committee is published by The Stationery Office by Order
of the two Houses. All publications of the Committee (including
press notices) are on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/national-security-strategy/
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Philippa Helme
(Commons Clerk), Michael Collon (Lords Clerk), Emma Graham (Second
Clerk), Christine Randall (Senior Committee Assistant), Lee Chiddicks
(Commons Committee Assistant), Amanda McGrath, (Lords Committee
Assistant) and Alex Paterson (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Commons
Clerk of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy,
Committee Office, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone
number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2712; the Committee's
email address is JCNSS@parliament.uk
Footnotes
In the footnotes
of this Report, references to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q'
followed by the question number. Oral evidence is published online
at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/national-security-strategy/publications/. References
to written evidence are indicated by the name of the organisation.
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