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HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementWe live in a dangerous and volatile world. The risks are more numerous, more complex, and evolving more rapidly than ever before. The aftermath of the global pandemic, Russia’s…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 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 2023HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental EffectivenessThe Cabinet Office played a crucial role in co-ordinating the cross-Government response to the pandemic, and we continue to learn lessons from it. Last year, the Cabinet Office…23 Nov 2023HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental EffectivenessI should say from the outset that I simply do not recognise that characterisation, but that is the whole point of the inquiry. This Government set up the inquiry, for the sake of…23 Nov 2023HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental EffectivenessI thank my right hon. Friend for her question, and I pay tribute to her for her many years of service in the Cabinet. I agree with her characterisation of the civil service.…23 Nov 2023HANSARDCovid-19: Departmental EffectivenessI can assure the right hon. Gentleman that we will furnish the inquiry with every single piece of information it requires. Indeed, I would note that the Prime Minister and all…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe accession of His Majesty the King marked a new chapter in our nation’s history. This month, the Cabinet Office launched a scheme to make new portraits of His Majesty available…23 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters: Declarations of InterestThat is a question for Lord Cameron, but I would be amazed if he had not been domiciled in this country for his entire life.23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will have heard the answers given by my right hon. Friend, the Paymaster General. He has given a clear commitment, which I am very happy to endorse from the Dispatch…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the Procedure Committee has been examining this subject, and we continue to discuss it with you, Mr Speaker. There is a well-established convention whereby the office…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs ever, my right hon. Friend raises an erudite question. My disposition, and that of the Government, is that open source AI is an important basis upon which we can build many…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer the hon. Gentleman to a written ministerial statement I made to the House a couple of months ago, in which I explained how, at length, we have implemented many…23 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters: Declarations of InterestThere is an established regime under which Ministers’ interests are declared and managed. Ministers seek the advice of their permanent secretaries and the independent adviser on…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I begin by paying tribute to the extraordinary endeavours of my hon. Friend’s constituent, which I would never be able to achieve at any stage in life? I am afraid that it is…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answer about the well-established principle that Ministers can serve from the other place, which I believe last happened when Lord…23 Nov 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateI say gently to the right hon. Gentleman that he did serve in government and in Cabinet for five years, from 2010 to 2015, so he and other Members of his party need to bear some…11 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateProper scrutiny is provided by the Intelligence and Security Committee. I certainly take the reports produced by the ISC very seriously— [ Interruption. ] I am fully aware of the…11 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateI do not think I have had chance from the Dispatch Box to pay a genuine, heartfelt tribute to my immediate predecessor as Deputy Prime Minister. Having done the job for a few…11 Sept 2023