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Ministerial Committee on National Security, International Relations and Development (NSID)

Composition

• Prime Minister (Chair)
• Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (alternate Chair)
• Secretary of State for the Home Department (alternate Chair)
• Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
• Secretary of State for Health
• Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Secretary of State for International Development
• Secretary of State for Defence
• Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• Secretary of State for Transport
• Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
• Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• Minister for the Cabinet Office; and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Attorney General

Other Ministers, the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, the Heads of the Intelligence Agencies, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers may be invited to attend as required.

Terms of Reference

“To consider issues relating to national security, and the Government's international, European and international development policies”.