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HANSARDCyber-securityWe are protecting our public services from cyber-threats through our world-leading Government cyber-security strategy. We are also tackling the threat at source. Last year alone,…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, the service is available, but it is up to local responders to determine whether to put in a request for it. In this case, they did not do so. I would commend the local…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not aware of those allegations, but they sound very concerning and I am very happy to look into them on behalf of the hon. Lady.18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman highlights, the Cabinet Office has responsibility for resilience under a lead Government Department model, but the Department for Environment, Food and…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week, I signed an agreement on biological security between the United Kingdom and the United States. This strategic dialogue will mean sharing more data, collaborating on…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis was an appalling incident, as the hon. Gentleman knows, and it highlighted big flaws in how data is handled in respect of freedom of information requests. We have issued…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is precisely why we set up the Public Sector Fraud Authority and I can update the House that in its first year it met more than double its target. In addition, there are both…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is precisely why we have created i.AI—the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence—under my leadership to make sure that we apply artificial intelligence to drive down the cost…18 Jan 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesIt is not the case that this is about taking jobs off civil servants; it is to enable them to do their jobs better and more efficiently for the benefit of the public we serve in…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCabinet OfficeThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this. Under this Government, we have seen a 68% reduction in carbon emissions, which is faster than the EU, the United States of…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCabinet OfficeThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this. Under this Government, we have committed to a 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions , which is faster than the EU, the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDHillsborough CharterIn April 2016, the then Home Secretary commissioned Bishop James Jones to produce a report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families, to ensure their perspective was not…06 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementMy right hon. Friend tempts me to talk about the origins of covid. I will simply highlight that the World Health Organisation continues its investigation, and we are very much…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his words about my longevity—I very much intend for that to continue, and I will take his comments in the spirit in which I am sure he meant…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementThe hon. Lady’s characterisation is simply false. First, it was because of the discipline the Government showed between 2010 and when the pandemic struck that we had the resources…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementMy hon. Friend speaks from experience, having previously worked in the Cabinet Office, and he is absolutely right to highlight the importance of exercising. Indeed, we conducted…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementThat is exactly why we are investing over £5.2 billion for the period 2021 to 2027, which is double the previous amount. That has already resulted in more than 60,000 properties…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementSince the last report, through the ministerial cyber board we have for the first time mapped the risks across all of Government, and held Departments to account for improving…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight this. As he says, AI will increase the threat landscape vis-à-vis cyber risks; I hope that we can also apply AI to reduce those…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this. Under this Government, we have seen a 68% reduction in carbon emissions, which is faster than the EU, the United States of…04 Dec 2023