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The '''Civil Contingencies Committee''' is a [[British cabinet committee]] chaired by the [[Home Secretary]]. It is intended to deal with major crises such as [[terrorism]] or [[natural disaster]]s. It is supported by the [[Civil Contingencies Secretariat]], which is part of the [[Cabinet Office]].
The '''Civil Contingencies Committee''' is a [[British cabinet committee]] chaired by the [[Home Secretary]]. It is intended to deal with major crises such as [[terrorism]] or [[natural disaster]]s. It was supported by the, now closed, [[Civil Contingencies Secretariat]], which was part of the [[Cabinet Office]].
 
The Civil Contingencies Committee is held in Cabinet Office Briefing Room A,<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Cobra? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/oct/21/Whitehall.uk |website=The Guardian|date=21 October 2002 }}</ref> giving the committee its popular name COBRA. However, this is not an official name, even if it is sometimes used by officials.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18958032 | title=London 2012: What exactly is a Cobra meeting? | work=BBC | date=23 July 2012 | accessdate=25 February 2020| location=London}}: "It sounds great but it stands for '''Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms''', so it's rather mundane," reflects Lord O'Donnell."</ref>
 
The Civil Contingencies Committee, through the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, operates a website, ''UK Resilience'', which is intended as a central source of public information on British [[civil defence]] and [[disaster preparedness]] activities.


==See also==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/emergency-planning Emergency planning]
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/emergency-planning Emergency planning]
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