Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Government Emergency Alerts

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Jul 2023 Closed: 1 May 2024

In this one-off session, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will be examining the Government’s new emergency alerts system, in which messages may be broadcast to mobile phones to warn of a nearby danger to life. The system went live in March this year and underwent a nationwide test in April. The session will …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
18 Jul 2023 Roger Hargreaves · Cabinet Office, The Lord Harris of Haringey · National Preparedness Commission View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
17 Oct 2023 To cttee Letter from Roger Hargreaves, Director, COBR, Cabinet Office on oral evidence s…