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HANSARDPublic Inquiries: CostsThe noble Lord makes a genuinely important point, in remembering that this is also about value for money. But I remind all noble Lords that this is truly about getting answers for…19 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My Lords, Exercise Pegasus tested our ability to respond to a pandemic, involving all nations of the UK and thousands of participants. Evaluation and lesson identification is…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025I was hoping I looked a bit skinny today, but maybe not. The noble Lord raises an important point about how we ensure that the general public are as well as they can be, given…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025The noble and gallant Lord makes an incredibly important point about making sure that every part of our society is involved and prepared for whatever crisis may come before us.…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025We are very grateful to the noble and learned Baroness and her inquiry into Covid-19. Exercise Pegasus came out of one of the recommendations in module 1 of the inquiry, so we are…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025The noble Lord is right. However, it is about not just this House and the other place but the four devolved Assemblies, making sure that all nations and regions have proper…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My noble friend is right that my statistics may not be someone else’s statistics. We should always interrogate the data that is being put in front of us.15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My noble friend is right. Many of us volunteered during that period, through our faith communities and the community groups with which we are associated. As we saw during the…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025The noble Lord raises an important point. Additional funding has been allocated for health, to make sure we have the long-term investment of £460 million in place. The noble Lord…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My noble friend, who is a world-leading expert in this area, is absolutely right. All exercises should be about ensuring that we can adopt a whole-of-society approach to…15 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025The noble Baroness raises an important point about how realistic we can make exercises. Some of this is about making sure that the processes and people are all in place and that…15 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XMy Lords, I was dared to see whether we could get in “Ruth social” as opposed to Truth Social for any new platforms, and my noble friend has given me that opportunity. There are…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XMy Lords, we do not spend a penny of government money on advertising on the platform. However, what is always useful when these questions come forward is that it makes you look in…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XThe noble Lord raises a very important issue. The reality is that, when we undertook the emergency alert last year, 92% of people were reached via social media, meaning that 8% of…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XThe noble Baroness raises a very important point about our defence supply chain. As an honorary captain in the Royal Navy, this is of key importance to me. I will have to write to…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XMy Lords, I genuinely do not agree that we prioritise the use of X, but 19.2 million British citizens use X. It is incredibly important, in an age of misinformation and…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XAnd there I was, going to wish the noble Lord a happy new year and thank him for taking me on my first tour of this building. This Government prioritise Statements in your…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XThe noble Baroness will be aware that there is a new Permanent Secretary of the Government Communication Service. All these issues, as ever, are under review, but she will not be…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XMy Lords, this Government do what they think is right every single day. Some Members of your Lordships’ House will be aware of my own experiences on X and what that did to me. I…05 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment Communications: XMy Lords, happy new year. The Government use an audience-first approach, assessing all communication channels against the GCS SAFE framework. Paid advertising on X has been…05 Jan 2026