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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) The Cabinet Office plays a central role in this endeavour, co-ordinating strategy through Cobra, resilience - Speech Link

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

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

Select Committee
International Centre of Justice for Palestinians
 MENA0065 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-08/hcws449 33 Sky News, Rishi Sunak to hold emergency COBRA

Lords Chamber
European Union: Trade Barriers - Tue 04 Jul 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) I want to have Ministers facilitating trade, not sitting in COBRA trying to deal with a disaster. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Coastal Erosion: Suffolk and Norfolk - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) This COBRA-style taskforce will co-ordinate flooding and coastal erosion preparation by central Government - 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

Lords Chamber
Workers (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) mismatch within the labour force, accentuating labour shortages in these sectors”.In my own business of Cobra - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) with UK hospitality and employers such as Greene King, Hilton and Premier Inn Limited—and, I am sure, Cobra - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Topical Question Time - Tue 27 Jun 2023

Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) throughout Sunday, I had several conversations with my resilience officials, who also took part in the UK COBRA - 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