2-677: 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 disasters . It is supported by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat , which is part of the Cabinet Office . The Civil Contingencies Committee is held in Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, giving the committee its popular name COBRA. However, this
4-557: Is not an official name, even if it is sometimes used by officials. 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. This article related to the politics of the United Kingdom , or its predecessor or constituent states,
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