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HANSARDDawn Sturgess InquiryI thank the shadow Home Secretary for his response and for the tone of it. I am very grateful. I think he will have noted, from my opening remarks, the gravity and seriousness I…04 Dec 2025HANSARDDawn Sturgess InquiryWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, which has today published its report. I start with Dawn Sturgess. The untimely and…04 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy understanding is that the National Security Adviser did appear in front of the Committee, but it was a private session.04 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising this issue. I will look carefully at what he has said and will be happy to meet to discuss it further.04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Infrastructure: Cyber-securityI understand why the hon. Gentleman raises this issue, and he is right to do so. The Government take the threats we face incredibly seriously. That is one of the reasons why the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Infrastructure: Cyber-securityThe Government recently introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to strengthen the resilience of UK critical national infrastructure.…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Resilience: Public ConsultationThe Government remain committed to learning the lessons of the covid inquiry to protect and prepare us for the future. In line with the inquiry’s recommendations on pandemic…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Resilience: Public ConsultationThe resilience action plan sets out how we will lead a conversation with the public on resilience. Our evidence gathering included consultation with organisations that represent…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational ResilienceThe hon. Lady and the House will understand that I am limited in what I can say in my response, but I can assure her that Russia is a top national security priority for the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDFood SecurityMy hon. Friend speaks with great authority on these matters. The Cabinet Office is strongly supportive of the work that DEFRA is undertaking on food security, including mapping…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational ResilienceI join the hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to the important work of the UK Hydrographic Office and its vital contribution to the UK’s maritime security. The Cabinet Office plays…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational ResilienceI am grateful to my hon. Friend, not just for his question today, but for the important work that he has done in this particular area, in his constituency and across Scotland. I…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational ResilienceThe Government published the resilience action plan in July to set out their strategic approach to improve the UK’s resilience to the full range of risks that we face. One of the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her serious attention to these matters. I hope she will acknowledge that it was only a couple of weeks ago that I presented the House with a…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageAs Mr Speaker has rightly acknowledged, these issues require a great deal of scrutiny from Parliament, and the Government are grateful for the opportunity to engage and work…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageA few moments ago, I spoke of the careful consideration and appropriate scrutiny that this matter deserves. Many Members of both Houses and Members of all parties on the Joint…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am going to give the hon. Member the answer. The minutes were provided by the Government to the Intelligence and Security Committee, so there is his answer. He also referred, on…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work on the Joint Committee, and I completely agree with the premise of his point: the Committee considered these matters in a non-partisan…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI honestly do not believe that that is a fair and reasonable characterisation of the role played by the National Security Adviser. The National Security Adviser is an extremely…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageMy hon. Friend will understand that there is nothing more I can add with regard to his point about the Crown Prosecution Service. As for his substantive point about engagement…03 Dec 2025