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HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe mobile phone alert system is a significant addition to our armoury as the coverage gets better. Not everyone uses mobile phones, but a very high percentage of the population…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 PlanWhen there is an emergency, there should be no place for performative politics from anyone. My experience over the past year has been that co-operation on these issues has been…08 Jul 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThe hon. and learned Gentleman will be aware that there has been a common travel area between Ireland and the United Kingdom for many years, which the previous Government and this…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategySince the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, we have stood by Ukraine. The strategy sets out the degree of support that this country has given Ukraine over the past four years. We…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyToday the Prime Minister attends the opening day of the NATO summit. That summit is expected to agree to a new commitment to grow spending on national security to 5% of GDP by…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyLet me express my gratitude to the shadow Foreign Secretary for her response, the spirit in which she put her questions and her welcome for at least broad parts of the strategy we…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI thank the Chair of the Joint Committee for his question. I should have said, in response to the shadow Foreign Secretary, that I hope to reach a resolution with the Committee…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. Let me try to go through some of the issues she raised. She is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of the recent…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyMy hon. Friend is quite right to draw attention to the deep expertise that exists in the diplomatic service, which advances our national interests in a whole range of ways every…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI thank the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee for her question. If people look at page 39 of the document, they will see many references to China, and I referred to the…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is right to say that the document is distinguished by a broader view of national security, which is also reflected in the discussion at NATO…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThey are inextricably linked. While the Prime Minister attends the NATO summit today, our carrier group is in the Indo-Pacific region. It is quite right that the strategy we have…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyMy hon. Friend is right that resilience and target hardening must be part of our national security strategy. Resilience is about capability and investment; we are determined to do…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. Let me make it clear that any sanctions on UK parliamentarians are wrong, and there is no place for them. The paragraphs he…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI believe my hon. Friend is due happy birthday wishes, so let me take that opportunity, and thank him, too, for his tireless campaigning for locating the laboratories in Harlow.…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThe Government agree that food security is important. Our farmers, food producers and food retailers have been burdened with far too many increased costs and delays in recent…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThere is a £1 billion investment in biosecurity. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for DEFRA has been able to announce only today new investment in critical resources at…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI have great respect for the right hon. Gentleman, and I thank him for his question. He is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of technology, which I mentioned in…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyMy hon. Friend is right. Decisions to increase defence expenditure are not just about direct spending on the armed forces, but about the supply chain, industrial capability,…24 Jun 2025