Written question asked by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2020. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 July 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.

Disease Control: Research

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingencies sub-committee of the National Security Council has met to consider a report from the cross-Government director-level governance board referred to in the UK Biological Security Strategy; and if so, when.

Answer: The focus since publication has been on developing and normalising the governance structure, building a biological security community, and mapping current departmental biological security related workstreams and a first cross-government report is in its final drafting stages. The THRC was a former sub-Committee of the National Security Council up until July 2019 and no longer sits anymore. We do not comment on specific National Security Council Agenda items.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL5985
Session: 2019-21
Related items: National Security Council
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Governing bodies Government departments Disease control National security Research Biology
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk