Seventh Report - Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North

Select Committee
Scottish Affairs Committee HC 1576 21 July 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 28 items (4 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 28 of 28 classified)
Accepted 20
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 1
Rejected 1
Government response
Ninth Special Report - Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2022–23 · published 18 Oct 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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8 Conclusion Deferred
Para 45
Offshore and subsea critical infrastructure vulnerable to interference, lacking clear repair plan
Conclusion
Events like the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline have shown that Critical National Infrastructure that is based offshore or beneath the sea can be vulnerable to interference. This is a concern in the North Atlantic, where transatlantic cables are … Read more
Government Response Summary
The Ministry of Defence states it cannot comment on the repair of transatlantic cables and indicates that wider government efforts, coordinated by the Cabinet Office, involve several departments to assure UK interests, but provides no further detail on repair plans.
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