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

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 November 2011.

CONTENTS

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Terms of Reference

Special Report

Government response

National Security Council

Role of the National Security Council

The Central National Security Organisation

Scrutiny and Accountability

National Security Strategy

UK Influence in the World

National Security Strategy

Strategic Defence and Security Review

Background

Military Tasks and Defence Planning Assumptions

Carrier Strike

Nimrod MRA4

The Review of Basing and the return of UK Armed Forces from Germany

Reserves

Future Force 2020 and 'Critical Mass' of the UK Armed Forces

Funding for Future Force 2020

Ministry of Defence Budget

Comprehensive Spending Review 2010

Over-Commitment in the MoD Budget

Defence Reform

Conclusion

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Prepared 10 November 2011