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HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI congratulate the hon. Member on his wonderful tartan tie, which has caught my eye today—he is the best-dressed man in the House. He is absolutely right about attacks on the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI am grateful to the Opposition spokesman for his questions. Several things have contributed to the need for a fresh look at all of this: the experience of covid, the changing…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Government Resilience Action PlanToday I have updated the House on the publication of the UK Government’s resilience action plan, this Government’s strategic approach to resilience. It is the outcome of the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe gov.uk/prepare website refers to having a supply of food and water in case of an emergency. We recently struck an agreement with the European Union that will remove a huge…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThose community initiatives sound excellent. As I said in my statement, the Government have set aside some £4 billion for investment in flood defences over the coming years. We…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanAny national exercise of this kind will show up both strengths and weaknesses. It is important that we communicate the learnings from these exercises—both the strengths and the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe preparations should take everything into account.08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThere has been a facility in North Yorkshire for some time, but I opened it as the UK Resilience Academy a few months ago. It is in place, and the plan is to train 4,000 people…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that important question. Subsea cables are vital to the working of our economy and our defences, and those who wish us harm know that. It must…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe right hon. Gentleman represents perhaps the outermost part of the UK, and when he says that resilience should be for all, he is absolutely right. We have seen the effect of…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanMy hon. Friend is right. About 95% of the population is covered by 4G or 5G access, and we are working constantly with the telecoms companies to improve that coverage. That is an…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI welcome the hon. Lady’s questions, and join her in extending our sympathies to all those affected by the terrible events in Texas, where we saw the power of nature, and saw so…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanWe have set aside some £4 billion for investment in flood defences. The details of when and where that will be spent will be set out by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThat is a good question. It is really important that we learn from the experience of the pandemic a few years ago, but we must not fall into the trap, as I said, of assuming that…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanMy experience in the year since the general election is that on matters such as this, co-operation and joint working between the UK Government and the devolved Governments is…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThat is a good and important question. As I said, resilience has to be for all, not just for some. This is taken very seriously at the National Situation Centre. As data gets…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI have had a number of conversations with representatives of Marks & Spencer since the attack a few months ago, and I am appearing before the Business and Trade Sub-Committee…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThis is very important. There is no doubt that there are gaps in cyber-defences, and there is an ongoing battle to get up to speed. Many legacy systems that have been in place for…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI am grateful to the Chair of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy for his questions. The National Cyber Security Centre has been working closely with Marks & Spencer…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will update the House on the Government’s resilience action plan. We are living through a period of profound change: upheaval in the international…08 Jul 2025