National Resilience Committee
7 September 2026
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National Resilience Committee Actual start House of Lords
17:43 - 19:35
Speaker 1
Well, good afternoon. Thank you all very much for coming and spending the time to help us with this important inquiry. I should remind you that we're being broadcast live. It's a public session.
And that in a couple of days, you will each receive a transcript of the session. So that's your opportunity to spot any minor errors that you want to correct or to spot any gaps where you wish you'd said something but you didn't and you want to give us supplementary comments in writing. Unusually, we've got five of you on the panel today. So please don't repeat what somebody else has said if you can avoid it. Some questions, I'm sure, will be directed at either MOD or FCDO.
Others will welcome responses from both departments. But it's extremely helpful for us to have you both here. I think we've got you all for about an hour or so. Is that right? Good.
And we we heard from Mr. Johnson a few sessions ago already, so don't feel that you have to go over any ground that you gave us before because we've got that on on the record already. Thank you. Obviously we've got a lot of questions to ask you, but if in your first answer, if each of you could just introduce yourself very briefly for the record, that would be helpful. And I'll start if I may, and turn to the minister first. My question is that about the national conversation, a phrase that's on everybody's lips at the moment, and the Strategic Defence Review recommended that we have this national conversation on defence and security.
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