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Written Question
Emergencies: Risk Assessment
Monday 6th February 2023

Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will update the National Risk Register 2020; and whether it will include the risk of school buildings collapsing.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)

The National Risk Register (NRR) will be updated in the coming months.

The Cabinet Office works with all departments on the assessment of their risks, such as the safety of public buildings.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
EU Retained Law

"I am grateful to the Minister for being here to answer questions on this Statement. We wonder about the Government’s priorities in the light of it. After all, yesterday was the day on which the Office for National Statistics announced that inflation had reached 9.1%—the highest level in over 40 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan: Gambling Addiction

"My Lords, we know from research from Swansea University and others that veterans are 10 times more likely than non-veterans to experience problem gambling, yet we do not screen for it. Support for those leaving the Armed Forces has vastly improved in recent decades but there is still more to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
EU–UK Partnership Council

"My Lords, the key word in my noble friend’s Question is “partnership”. Both our economy and our place in the world will be stronger if disputes can be resolved amicably. Some commentators have likened the Minister’s negotiating strategy to puffing out his chest for weeks or months before finally getting …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
European Union: Border Control Checks

"My Lords, this continued failure to reach a stable agreement with the EU is expensive for business and the UK taxpayer. We have one set of checks that were postponed back in September, another waived in December and others that are still due to come into force. The Government are …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Northern Ireland: Supply of Medicines

"My Lords, there can be no question of any interruption to the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland. This is urgent for the UK, but we should remember that the EU needs to resolve this issue for Malta and Cyprus as well. Patients, their families and clinicians need certainty. Will …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Beyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)

"My Lords, having listened to the excellent speeches this afternoon, I am aware that I am a complete newcomer to this House and to this debate, but I am not a complete newcomer to having arguments about Brexit.

I would like to make noble Lords aware, if they were not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Retained EU Law

"My Lords, the Minister is being rather slippery in his responses to questions about retained EU law. The reason I say this is that we were promised—in the other place at least and, I am sure, in here too—that changes to retained EU law would be subject to primary legislation, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Impact on UK Internal Market

"My Lords, there is a problem here, because the response the Minister gave to the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, seems to contradict the impression given to the UK and European media—and Simon Coveney, who said that he welcomed the change of tone from the Minister and anticipated that with political …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Court of Justice of the European Union

"My Lords, I am not the only one scratching my head as a result of these exchanges. Can the Minister help us by outlining what the benefit to the UK position of triggering Article 16 would be? Surely it would only set the clock ticking and increase the pressure, while …..."
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