Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 12
12
Not Addressed
The Royal Navy should establish a cadre of reservists and serving personnel to learn cable...
Recommendation
The Royal Navy should establish a cadre of reservists and serving personnel to learn cable repair skills on commercial repair vessels. These could be called on in periods of heightened tension. (Recommendation, Paragraph 75) Moderate and catastrophic impacts
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it agrees with the recommendation, but the subsequent text discusses sensor and monitoring technologies and their integration with the Royal Navy, completely failing to address the call for training personnel in cable repair skills.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
The Government requires more time to consider this recommendation. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will work with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), DSIT and industry to evaluate commercial cable repair capacity and determine whether intervention is needed to ensure that it is robust. This will consider commercial capacity, educational and skills facilities and the potential benefits of establishing a cadre of commercial cable repair personnel with reserve characteristics.
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