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What is the future of the UK Defence Budget? What are the lessons learned from military support to Ukraine? We're questioning senior officials at Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 this afternoon. Find out more ⬇️

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Yesterday, Professor Peter Roberts from University of Exeter spoke about the importance of strengthening defence capabilities in the UK Overseas Territories, particularly in the context of potential threats posed by foreign actors targeting UK interests.

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Join us next Tuesday at 11:30am for a one-off evidence session on space defence, where we’ll explore key issues in the field with leading experts and industry representatives. Find out more👇

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In our one-off session on space defence, we heard from Juliana Suess, Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, who spoke about the decline of Russia’s space power and defence capabilities.

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Yesterday we heard from Doug Liddle from UKspace who spoke about the need to inform and encourage young people to consider careers in the UK space industry.

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Tomorrow at 10.30 we will continue our inquiry into the UK’s contribution to European Security with a focus on the UK contribution to NATO and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in increasing the UK’s defence industrial capacity. Learn more 👇

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Today, for our inquiry into the UK contribution to European security, Dr Rob Johnson of the University of Oxford explained the importance of the MOD implementing lessons learnt from the war in Ukraine and the Strategic Defence Review.

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Tomorrow at 10.30am, we will hold a one-off session on Defence in the High North. Tune in as we ask expert witnesses about the changing security dynamics of the region. Find out more👇

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As part of our session on Defence in the High North, we heard from Dr James Patton Rogers of Cornell University, who spoke about the increasing threat posed by Russia’s militarisation of the region.

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Tomorrow at 3pm, we’ll be questioning the Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff 🇬🇧. Topics will include Defence Reform, the Strategic Defence Review, recruitment and retention, and the readiness of the Armed Forces. Find out more 👇

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Tomorrow at 10am, we’ll hold a session on the Strategic Defence Review, where we will speak to the independent team who led the Review. Find out more 👇

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Our session with the reviewers who led the Strategic Defence Review has started. Watch it live on BBC Parliament: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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“We are not safe – that is the reality of today” This morning we heard evidence from Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT, the lead reviewer of the Strategic Defence Review, on the need for a national conversation around defence.

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Yesterday we heard from Dr Fiona Hill, one of the reviewers who led the Strategic Defence Review. She spoke about the need to focus on education and skills as part of the national conversation on defence innovation, readiness and resilience.

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The Government has responded to our report on the Armed Forces Covenant. The response agrees to extend the Covenant’s Legal Duty to all UK Government departments and the devolved administrations. Read the response👇