On Thursday July 9 in Committee Room 1 at the Houses of
Parliament, the Lords National Resilience Committee will take
evidence at 10.30am from:
Zainab Agha, Director of Resilience and Recovery, Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government
Jonathan Martin, Director for Project Delivery and Major Events,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
At 11.30am, the Committee hears from:
, former Minister of
State for Security and CounterTerrorism
Paddy McGuinness CMG OBE, former Deputy National Security Adviser
for Intelligence, Security and Resilience
, former Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime
Minister
Questions to be raised include:
How does the Government's Resilience Action Plan work at national
and local levels?
How are we gathering data on vulnerable people during
emergencies?
How does the Local Media Action Plan help establish trustworthy
communication?
Should there be a Minister for Resilience?
Are alternative communication methods required to establish
resilience across society?
The committee can be followed here on Parliament TV, live or
later.
It has been set up to assess geopolitical, economic and
technological threats and examine how the the UK might best
prepare for, and respond to, 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 mitigate risks. .
The session on Thursday forms part of an inquiry that will report
in November 2026.
