Cybersecurity: Encryption
Debate between Lord Winston and Baroness Shields
Baroness Shields
I can confirm that there is no intention to do that; that is correct.
Lord Winston (Lab)
Perhaps the Minister might comment on the fact that the Select Committee on Science and Technology has recently heard evidence about the national grid. Since it has been privatised, the national grid is now split into lots of different agencies and there is a serious problem, not only with nuclear power stations but with the potential of cyberattack on our power supply in Britain as a whole. One can see how that could be disastrous. Can she explain what the Government intend to do about that?
Baroness Shields
I thank the noble Lord for the question. It is beyond my area of expertise and knowledge at this stage, but I will find out that information and come back to him.