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National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, CP1338, published on 24 June 2025, what six-monthly foreign and security policy

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, CP1338, published on 24 June 2025, what six-monthly foreign and security policy

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    The UK EU Security and Defence Partnership provides for regular foreign and security policy dialogue at ministerial and senior official level. Since May 2025, this has included high level dialogues in October 2025 and March 2026 covering a broad range of ...

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