Emergency Alert Service Debate

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Emergency Alert Service

Lord Cromwell Excerpts
Thursday 5th September 2024

(2 months, 1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Twycross Portrait Baroness Twycross (Lab)
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As noble Lords are aware, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will chair a dedicated Cabinet committee to oversee the Government’s review of national resilience and preparedness. As part of this, there will definitely be a focus on this whole-society and whole-system resilience and how we can improve it. It is part of the suite of measures that the previous Government were looking at. I think it could go a lot further but it was essentially the correct idea.

Lord Cromwell Portrait Lord Cromwell (CB)
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Can the Minister tell the House which companies have the contract for this service? Is Fujitsu one of them?

Baroness Twycross Portrait Baroness Twycross (Lab)
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Fujitsu does have a role in the development of the UK’s emergency alert system and continues to play a small role in system maintenance. The maintenance contract is scheduled for renewal in October 2025, with the commercial process beginning in the summer of next year. At the time of retender, any potential supplier would need to bid via the Government’s procurement protocols.