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Lords Chamber
Emergency Communications - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (LAB - Life peer) My Lords, given the serious nature and the longevity of the system failure, was there a COBRA meeting - Speech Link
2: Viscount Camrose (CON - Excepted Hereditary) To my knowledge, there was no COBRA meeting—I imagine because the disaster recovery system kicked in - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Situation in Russia - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) On Saturday, I chaired a Cobra meeting on the situation. - Speech Link
2: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) I am pleased the Secretary of State convened Cobra and it has been reported that UK diplomats are preparing - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Situation in Russia and Ukraine Recovery Conference - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) On Saturday, I chaired a COBRA meeting on the situation. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) I am glad that the Statement referred to the fact that COBRA had been convened, but will the Minister - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Cybersecurity in the UK - CBP-9821
Jun. 22 2023

Found: The Record, Ransomware incidents now make up majority of British government’s crisis management 'Cobra

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) The Cabinet Office’s Cobra unit continues to support Departments to develop their contingency plans. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Oral Evidence Jun. 20 2023

Inquiry: Future of UK aid
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: minister, who was able to attend the most secure and sensitive meetings that we had around that time in COBRA

Select Committee
Rupert McNeil

Oral Evidence Jun. 20 2023

Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: I was sitting in on Cobra Sub-Committee meetings with Ministers and officials which were operating

Commons Chamber
Privilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnson - Mon 19 Jun 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) While we may disagree, I have every confidence that she would have been at every Cobra meeting during - Speech Link

Select Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oral Evidence Jun. 12 2023

Inquiry: Work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: functionality within the crisis centre and the decision-making across Government, including the use of COBRA

Select Committee
Lord Maude of Horsham

Oral Evidence Jun. 07 2023

Inquiry: The appointment and dismissal of permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Constitution Committee

Found: When Whitehall goes into COBRA mode, it operates very differently.