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Select Committee
Lord Dunlop, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

Oral Evidence Nov. 13 2023

Inquiry: Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: At the start, they were part of the Cobra system, and we might go into why that changed.

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Gaza - Thu 02 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Cameron, Donald (Con - Highlands and Islands) I think that it was Monday when the Prime Minister chaired an emergency meeting of COBRA in response - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Flooding (Support for Communities) - Wed 01 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) With funding and other national mechanisms for emergencies, such as COBRA and the Scottish resilience - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Storm Babet: Flooding - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) A Labour Government would establish a COBRA-style flood-preparedness task force every winter, to protect - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) It is an evolving system and, whether you call it COBRA-style or whatever, it works and reflects the - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Storm Babet: Flooding - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) Government want to pass off responsibility to other agencies, a Labour Government would establish a Cobra-style - Speech Link

Select Committee
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
 IGR0009 - Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998

Written Evidence Oct. 17 2023

Inquiry: Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland sat alongside the Prime Minister on COBRA

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Sep. 09 2023

Source Page: Royal Navy flagship sails to lead international carrier strike group deployment
Document: Royal Navy flagship sails to lead international carrier strike group deployment (webpage)

Found: The first phase of the deployment will see the carrier’s F35 fighter jets taking part in Exercise Cobra

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) Cabinet Office Ministers have, through Cobra, been assisting Departments in their responses to industrial - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Armed Forces - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) I was delighted that it was called Exercise Cobra Warrior.In 2019—I am like a stuck record—in the debate - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Beyond Digital (COVID-19 Committee Report) - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) I have learned from my own experience over the last three decades of building my business, Cobra Beer - Speech Link