Seventh Report - Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North

Select Committee
Scottish Affairs Committee HC 1576 21 July 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 28 items (4 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 28 of 28 classified)
Accepted 20
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 1
Rejected 1
Government response
Ninth Special Report - Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2022–23 · published 18 Oct 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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3 Conclusion Rejected
Para 22
Commit Ministry of Defence to updating Arctic defence strategy every five years.
Conclusion
The Ministry of Defence should commit to updating its Arctic defence strategy every five years, to reflect the strategic acceleration in the region and to bring it into line with the FCDO’s Arctic Strategy for the whole of Government, which … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government rejected the recommendation to update its Arctic defence strategy every five years, stating its 2022 strategy is designed for 10 years and that reviews are conducted regularly, but not on a fixed five-year cycle. It noted the Defence Command Paper had already been published.
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