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National Security Adviser

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 40913

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Security Adviser being appointed as a special adviser on (a) the effectiveness and (b) parliamentary scrutiny of that role.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Special Advisers are accountable to Ministers who in turn are accountable to Parliament.

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