Government Emergency Alerts

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Closed Non-inquiry session
Opened: 11 Jul 2023 Closed: 1 May 2024 Parliament page
In this one-off session, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will be examining the Government’s new emergency alerts system, in which messages may be broadcast to mobile phones to warn of a nearby danger to life. The system went live in March this year and underwent a nationwide test … Read more
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 3 events
18 Jul
2023
18 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
Government Emergency Alerts
Roger Hargreaves · Cabinet Office The Lord Harris of Haringey · National Preparedness Commission
Correspondence 1 letter
17 Oct 2023 To committee Letter from Roger Hargreaves, Director, COBR, Cabinet Office on oral evidence session follow-up, dated 7.9.23
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