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National Security Statement

Asked to say more about the National Security Statement and in particular how a National Security Council would differ from ther National Security Cabinet Committee which currently existed, the PMS replied that it was better to wait until we made announcements before responding to them.

Asked how the Prime Minister saw the National Security Strategy, the PMS replied that this was something the Prime Minister had been talking about since he became Prime Minister, and in fact prior to that. This was about bringing together bringing together all of the main agencies and departments of Government who had an interest and a role in relation to security issues in the broadest possible sense. We would be publishing the national Security Strategy alongside it – looking in a comprehensive way across Government about everything we did that impacted on national security.

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