Committees

Government Emergency Alerts

Non-inquiry session

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 be focused on understanding important details of the emergency alerts system, including the criteria for issuing alerts, plans for ensuring people know how to respond to an alert, and learning from the national test in April in which numerous mobile phone users did not receive a test alert as scheduled.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 18 July 2023
10:00am Public
Government Emergency Alerts - Oral evidence 18 July 2023
10:00am
  • The Lord Harris of Haringey (Chair at National Preparedness Commission)
10:30am
  • Roger Hargreaves (Director, COBR Unit and Civil Contingencies Secretariat at Cabinet Office)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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  • Email: pacac@parliament.uk
  • Address: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA