Speeches by Collinge.

“Stuart, you touched on supply chain and things to that. Should the UK be prioritising the domestic manufacture of components, which could affect the cost of them, to reduce the risks of supply chain dependency and the dependency of our energy system on foreign supply chains?”

“Resources and responses from Government when those are needed with intelligence and information.”

“Is there a risk there because our weather is changing?”

“Thank you. I want to move on to a different threat but one that is extremely important, and that is more frequent extreme weather events. Do you think we have the correct strategy and operations in place to mitigate that threat to our energy system?”

“That is very helpful, because you have gone immediately into something I wanted to ask about, the interdependency. As you said, North Hyde itself was not critical national infrastructure, but the impact it could have—and the impact any energy outage could have on things like transport and healthcare—is clearly very imp…”

“That is very helpful, because you have gone immediately into something I wanted to ask about, the interdependency. As you said, North Hyde itself was not critical national infrastructure, but the impact it could have—and the impact any energy outage could have on things like transport and healthcare—is clearly very imp…”

“That is fair enough.”

“Thank you very much. I want to move on to threats that are not geopolitically related. When we think about ageing critical infrastructure—we have had the example of the North Hyde substation fire—what standards are being set for the maintenance and inspection of ageing infrastructure?”

“Yes, briefly.”

“Do you have an opinion on it?”

“Resources and responses from Government when those are needed with intelligence and information.”

“Do you get what you need to be able to meet that changing, emerging and increasing risk?”

“We heard evidence in the first panel about the threat to our energy infrastructure and we have seen stark examples, for example in Ukraine, of what can happen when an energy infrastructure is targeted. With that in mind, do you think we should be moving to more of an emergency mindset with Government and agencies aroun…”

“The next question is for Elisabeth and Chloe. I want to think about co-ordination if there were an event that needed a response from the Government or from military. We have other energy infrastructure that has long been seen as a security threat. Nuclear is the key example there, where there is a well-rehearsed respon…”

“Thank you. Obviously there are different levels of threat. There are safety issues that the industry is used to dealing with, as you said before. Things can move from a safety issue to a security issue and then potentially from a security issue to a defence issue. Who decides what level of threat or threshold an indivi…”

“Thank you for that. The Government have said that they are going to develop a reporting portal. I think it was specifically for drones but I would have to check that. Do you think that is just adding another layer, or do you think that is a helpful collation of the reporting structures?”

“I am very aware, Chair, that we are focusing on the maritime today for understandable reasons. I think it might be worth the Committee’s time to try to get evidence on this from the wider energy industry. Chloe, do you have any comments on that?”

“We have already talked about threat reporting pathways. I want to dig into that a little bit more. Graham, you said before that you have pulled together into one document all the different reporting pathways. Are you confident that the energy industry is fully aware of those threat reporting pathways and is able to use…”

“First, I must declare that my husband works for NHS England, which is a bit awkward, if I am honest. Today I will speak to a few different aspects of the NHS modernisation Bill, including the single patient record, the independence of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, or HSSIB, and possible changes to the…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) for securing this important debate. Getting accurate health information is essential, and it is a fact that most people go online to get it. Some 48% of UK adults have used o…”