The House of Commons Defence Committee is today launching an inquiry into UK national security and resilience.

Following the publication of The National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world last month, the Defence Committee will examine how the MoD and the Armed Forces interact with other departments and agencies to ensure the safety and security of the UK.

The inquiry will look at the contribution the MoD makes to national security and what resources are committed; what specific capabilities maritime, land and air forces; the nature and scale of the threat to national security; and how the MoD cooperates with other Government departments and agencies both to determine and, when necessary, to deliver the military component of national security, and how that dialogue is organised.

The Committee is calling for written evidence on these questions, which should be sent to the Clerk of the Defence Committee by May 16. Oral evidence sessions will begin in June.

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