Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to train and use reservists in both the public and private sectors to deal with hybrid threats.

The need to respond to hybrid threats was recognised in the Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2015 which established, as part of Joint Force 2025, two innovative brigades comprising a mix of Regulars and specialist capabilities from the Reserves able to contribute to our strategic communications, tackle hybrid warfare and deliver better battlefield intelligence.