Although it was not an issue of national security, I think the Fuel Supply Crisis a few years ago also brought home the ways in which we are building in vulnerability that we may not have known we had.

One should always remember that the lead Department complements the response structures that are in place through the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government, whether we are dealing with a terrorist bomb, a flood, foot and mouth disease, a Fuel Supply Crisis or something else.