by The ministers were asked to find out about the crisis planning of “our Scandinavian neighbors”, in which the authorities distributed brochures about the preparation for war and emergencies.
Pat McFadden said that national resistance to crises, which were built up by “dialogue with the public”, were “a little less normal in this country” than elsewhere.
The minister of the cabinet office spoke to MPs after the government later introduced plans for a national drill in September, as a mobile phones with an alarm during an emergency warning system.
But Sarah Olney warned that in a real emergency, the digital warnings “millions” of people who have no access to a phone will miss. While the Liberal Democrats welcome the alarm test, we also call for a broader public information campaign to ensure that the public is properly prepared for potential conflicts or disasters.
“You always work on potential future threats and provide your citizens information, and this type of information should be provided via a number of different means, including leaflets and the traditional broadcast.
“And while we welcome the alarm test, as I said, websites and text warnings will miss millions of British, people without phones, without a signal, without a battery, so that we have to be ready on all fronts and not only depend on these individual text warnings.”
The Lib spokeswoman for the cabinet office asked whether the government would “start a national campaign for awareness that is based on different ways of contact”.
Ms. Olney said to The Commons: “The world is now less stable and insecure than at any time since the Cold War, and consequently the government has to ensure that the British people and the United Kingdom are prepared in the event that our country or a territory is threatened overseas.”
The authorities in Sweden have published a brochure entitled in crisis or war, with a message to Swedish citizens that they “live in uncertain times”.
It contains information about air strikes, an outdoor warning system with sirens and the search for “food that fills, energetic and safe at room temperature”.
In a similar guide from the Norway Directorate of civil protection, it is found that “the Norwegian authorities recommend as many people as possible to be self-supporting for a week”.
In response to Ms. Olney, McFadden said that information about the notal arm system is “not only known in advance, not only through the test itself, but in advance, including working with charity organizations for domestic violence and other people, so that everyone knows what comes”.
