ds engages with the house of commons defence committee (hcdc) defence select committee, public administration select committee (pasc), trident commission public accounts committee (pac), the joint committee on the national security strategy (jcnss), the national audit office (nao), strategic defence and security review (sdsr) implementation team, government ministers, former service chiefs, academics, members of parliament across the political spectrum. ds members meet or provide written inputs to inform and influence many of the above on the ds position that without an articulated national strategic narrative (grand strategy) the why, when, where and how questions in respect of uk defence capability, capacity, funding and rationale can never be adequately addressed by her majesty's government.