Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt gives parliamentary evidence

On Monday 17 November, MPs and Peers examined the Government’s ambition set out in the National Security Strategy (NSS) to increase the UK’s ‘sovereign and asymmetric capabilities’.

In the National Security Strategy (NSS) ministers set out ambitions to rebuild the UK’s core defence industrial base, protect and cultivate sovereign capabilities foundational to the country’s competitiveness, and “channel particular national strengths into asymmetric strategies”. The NSS also sets out the Government’s ambition to achieve asymmetric advantage in AI and other areas.

The UK’s sovereign capabilities can range from traditional industries critical to national security such as shipbuilding and nuclear, to new and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt provided oral evidence at 4:30pm on the day, see transcript for details.