National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
18 May 2026
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National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) House of Lords
00:00 - 00:21
Speaker 1
Today, we are holding a follow-up session on the sea cables from the publication of our report last September. Delighted to be joined by ministers and officials from the Department of Defense and and Science Innovation and Technology. Can I just ask witnesses, please, to introduce themselves perhaps from my left?
00:22 - 00:30
Speaker 26
Hi. I'm Gary Martin. I'm the director from operational policy in the Ministry of Defense. I'm Al Conza, the minister for armed forces.
00:30 - 00:32
Speaker 10
Liz Lloyd, the minister for digital economy.
00:32 - 01:08
Speaker 1
Hello. Kevin Adams, director telecoms DCIP. Thank you very much for joining us to today. When we met with ministers during the inquiry, we we were not accused of being alarmist, but but that our concerns were perhaps misplaced about where we were in terms of the defense or relative security of subsea cables. Minister Carnes, in that time, what sort of progress has been made?
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