Draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2023 Debate
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Edward Timpson
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Draft Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2023
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Edward Timpson (Eddisbury) (Con)
It is a pleasure to be able to speak about this important draft statutory instrument. I welcome the extension of the list of responders under the Civil Contingencies Act.
In reading the explanatory notes, which is always a pleasure on these occasions, I noticed that the expansion of the list, to include the Coal Authority as one of named responders, would have no practical effect in Northern Ireland, so that part of the United Kingdom will not be covered. Will my hon. Friend the Minister clarify whether that leaves any potential gaps in the ability of that area of civil contingency to be met in that part of the United Kingdom?