Alison Hume

Alison Hume

Labour — Scarborough and Whitby

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 October 2025

Debate

Strengthening National Resilience

Contribution

In August, authorities declared a major incident after a wildfire broke out in Langdale forest and spread dangerously close to RAF Fylingdales, the ballistic missile early warning base. Given the increasing threat that wildfires pose to our security, can the Minister confirm whether he will consider automatically activating a national resilience response in future incidents where critical military infrastructure is under threat?

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