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 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 Neville-Jones (Conservative)
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)
Mr James Arbuthnot MP (Conservative)
Mr Adrian Bailey MP (Labour/Co-operative)
Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat)
Sir Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal Democrat)
Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)
Paul Murphy MP (Labour)
Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative)
Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative)
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative)
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), Christopher Clarke (Lords Clerk), Emma Graham
(Second Clerk), Christine Randall (Senior Committee Assistant),
Susan Ramsay (Commons Committee Assistant), Rita Logan, (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
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