Defence Committee of the Cabinet

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The Defence Committee of the Cabinet was a high-level British government body responsible for coordinating national defence and security policy at the cabinet level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet committee ⓘ
government body ⓘ
classifiedAs high-level policy coordination body ⓘ
compositionIncludes Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
Defence Secretary ⓘ
Foreign Secretary ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister

other senior ministers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionMakingLevel cabinet level ⓘ
formedAs specialised committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
governedBy constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cabinet Defence Committee ⓘ
Defence Committee ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national defence policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
national security policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
meetsAt 10 Downing Street ⓘ
Cabinet Office ⓘ
oversightOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
Ministry of Defence ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet
policyArea defence ⓘ
intelligence coordination ⓘ
military operations oversight ⓘ
national security ⓘ
strategic planning ⓘ
relatedTo Committee of Imperial Defence ⓘ
National Security Council (United Kingdom) ⓘ
reportsTo Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet
responsibleFor coordination of defence policy ⓘ
coordination of security policy ⓘ
crisis management in defence and security matters ⓘ
high-level strategic defence decisions ⓘ
integration of foreign and defence policy ⓘ
major defence procurement decisions at cabinet level ⓘ
nuclear deterrent policy discussions ⓘ
oversight of the armed forces at cabinet level ⓘ
scope United Kingdom defence and security interests worldwide ⓘ
subordinateTo Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
typeOfJurisdiction national ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee of Imperial Defence → replacedBy → Defence Committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
Committee of Imperial Defence → replacedBy → Defence Committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
subject linked to: CID
Defence Committee of the Cabinet → hasAlternativeName → Cabinet Defence Committee ⓘ
linked to: Defence Committee of the Cabinet