Question follow-through · 44210
National Security: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a cross-Government expert group to help (a) innovate responses and (b) devise policy counter-measures to (i) non-traditional and (ii) hard-to-trace grey-zone activities of (A) malign state a
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a cross-Government expert group to help (a) innovate responses and (b) devise policy counter-measures to (i) non-traditional and (ii) hard-to-trace grey-zone activities of (A) malign state a
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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10 Apr 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Plan For Change, this Government’s first duty is to make the UK safer, more secure, and resilient against the growing and interconnected threats from state, state-linked and non-state actors. We are committed to working across Government...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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