"My right honourable friend in the other place, the Security Minister, with the support of the Defence Secretary, has announced the Be Ready campaign, which is a national resilience public awareness campaign. It has been built up with the devolved Administrations and local resilience forums. More than 500 organisations have …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"The noble Lord, with many of his friends on both sides of the Houses, has made important statements about the need to look for other ways of financing defence spending, whether that be through a defence bank, whether that be through national finance initiatives, or whether it be through all …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for his important question. The remarks made by the Defence Secretary and others have started the conversation, which is leading to that increased awareness. Does that mean that everyone is aware of the threats that we face? I think there is still a job of …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"My Lords, the national conversation on defence and resilience is now under way across government, helping build public understanding of the threats we face and a whole-of-society approach to resilience. Outcomes include a national resilience public awareness campaign, deeper engagement with industry and local partners and stronger preparedness across government, …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"No, I cannot confirm that. But I can confirm, as the noble Baroness knows and understands, that between Committee and Report I spent a significant amount of time talking to various bodies and Peers about the reorganisation that the Government are proposing and, alongside that, the protection of many of …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"I agree with all that. The campaign certainly needs to be sustained and it needs to take place over a significant period of time. We need to involve all the community, and schools in particular. Discussions are under way with local forums, with local education bodies, with schools themselves and …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"It is a very important question, and I hope the noble Lord heard some of the answer that I gave to the noble and gallant Lord, which was about working with the devolved Administrations. With Scotland, there has been a lot of consultation with the Scottish Government, but also with …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"I have been talking to the local resilience forums in England and to the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland about the importance of involving local organisations. I also think—it is probably right to mention this now—that the involvement of the cadets, reserves and many other emergency and …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Minto, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their overall constructive remarks and rightful challenge to the Government.
As both noble Lords started by saying, the House will be aware that a member of the UK Armed Forces died in a road …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech
"First, I thank the noble Lord for his comments about standing up against Russia. The UK Government have made significant efforts to disrupt the Russian economy through sanctions and through various measures that we have taken. I think it is really important to recognise the impact on Russia. Billions of …..." Lord Coaker - View Speech