Experts will be questioned on whether the UK is keeping pace in a
period of increased global instability at this week's meeting of
the Lords National Resilience Committee.
On Thursday 26 March, at 10.30am, in Committee Room 2, the
inquiry's witnesses will be:
-
CBE, Founder, Future
Resilience Forum
-
, Chair, National
Preparedness Commission
Then at 11.30am the Committee will hear from:
- Stephen Arundell, Vice Chair & Director, The Emergency
Planning Society
- Dr CMG, Senior Fellow, The
Brookings Institution
Questions in the first session may include:
- How can conversations about preparedness and resilience
strike a balance between instilling urgency and avoiding
unnecessary alarm, including among young people?
- What barriers have there been to implementing improvements to
preparedness and resilience, such as ill-suited government
structures and inadequate funding?
In the second session, they are likely to include:
- How can a 'whole of society' approach to preparedness and
resilience be achieved?
- What practical changes in policy, coordination, funding, and
public engagement are needed?
The session can be watched in person, or live or on demand on
Parliament TV here.
The cross-party Lords National Resilience Committee is assessing
how the the UK might best prepare for, and respond to, a range of
national crises and disruptions.
It has already heard that resilience cannot be viewed narrowly as
an emergency response capability, and is looking at several areas
such as energy networks, vulnerabilities in digital
infrastructure, disinformation and other threats - and how
closer cooperation between government, public and private sectors
could be essential to mitigate risks. .
The session on Thursday forms part of an inquiry that will report
in November 2026.
The committee has also issued its public call for evidence
