Question follow-through · 119413

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how many meetings have been attended by civil servants with

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
17 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how many meetings have been attended by civil servants with

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Resilience Action Plan sets out the Government’s strategic approach to how we will strengthen our domestic resilience and invest to protect the nation. Defra officials regularly attend meetings to discuss the implementation of the Resilience Action Pl...

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