Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Alison Griffiths Excerpts
Thursday 10th July 2025

(1 day, 15 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Georgia Gould Portrait The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Georgia Gould)
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I was deeply sorry to hear about Andy’s circumstances, and I will of course meet my hon. Friend to discuss this case. I have asked to be kept personally updated on the case following the letter from my hon. Friend. The Cabinet Office continues to stress the importance of contractual performance to the MyCSP administrator.

Alison Griffiths Portrait Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con)
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T2.   What steps is the Cabinet Office taking to ensure that all public bodies adopt robust cyber-security frameworks, and what is the timetable to ensure their compliance?

Pat McFadden Portrait Pat McFadden
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As I said a few moments ago, the recent cyber-attacks have been a wake-up call to Government, business and the whole of society. This is part of our national defence, and it is taken extremely seriously. The National Cyber Security Centre works with victims of these attacks and gives advice in peacetime, as it were, as to how businesses can best defend themselves against these rogue operators who try to extort them.