Emergency Alert Service
Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Baroness Twycross(2 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con)
I have the good fortune to have a house in France in a small village where the mayor has collected all the mobile numbers of everybody in the village and as a result I can sit here and, were I looking at my phone—of course I am not looking at my phone when I am in the Chamber—I could tell there was a heatwave in the part of France I am living in and that I should take the following remedial steps. Does the Minister agree that perhaps one way the Government could deal with this would be by asking people to join these groups locally?
Baroness Twycross (Lab)
The noble Lord makes a valid point and what he describes is a good example of community resilience and how communities can best prepare to support each other during an emergency or an incident such as a heatwave. The Government are committed to community resilience and will consider this further as part of the wholescale review of resilience that will commence, potentially later this year.