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Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy: National Security Adviser

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 15 April 2026UIN 125346

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the National Security Advisor has been requested to appear in front of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy since his appointment.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The National Security Adviser appeared in front of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in a private session in November 2025 and has offered to do so again. As the Government has said, the longstanding practice is that Special Advisers currently in post do not give public evidence to Select Committees and this is done instead by Ministers or Officials.

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