Biosecurity and national security

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Closed Inquiry
Opened: 19 May 2020 Closed: 28 Jun 2021 Parliament page
Following up the previous Committee’s partially completed inquiry into biosecurity in 2019, and the continued salience of such pandemic risks with Covid-19, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is examining how biosecurity is addressed in national security planning and resilience implementation. Read more
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Events
Activity timeline 6 events
2 Mar
2021
Report published
18 Dec
2020
Report published
9 Nov
2020
Oral evidence
19 Oct
2020
Oral evidence
28 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
9 Nov 2020
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Roger Hargreaves · Cabinet Office Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP · Cabinet Office
19 Oct 2020
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Clara Swinson · Department for Health and Social Care Professor John Simpson · Public Health England Sir Patrick Vallance · Government Office for Science
28 Sep 2020
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Professor Colin McInnes · Aberystwyth University Professor Frederic Bouder · University of Stavanger, Norway Professor Sophie Harman · Queen Mary University of London
7 Sep 2020
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Dr Jennifer Cole · Royal Holloway University of London Dr Patricia M. Lewis · Chatham House
Title HC No. Published Items Response
1st Report: Biosecurity and national security HC 611 18 Dec 2020 0 Responded