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GCHQ 'disrupted' in summer floods GCHQ 'disrupted' in summer floods
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Britain's secret electronic intelligence agency, GCHQ, experienced "significant disruption" because of the floods last summer, a report said. The UK's secret electronic intelligence agency GCHQ experienced "significant disruption" because of the floods last summer, a report has said.
Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee said the Gloucestershire floods caused "severe problems".Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee said the Gloucestershire floods caused "severe problems".
GCHQ kept its most important operations going - but the committee said the disruption could have been more severe if the flooding had worsened.GCHQ kept its most important operations going - but the committee said the disruption could have been more severe if the flooding had worsened.
The report says continuity arrangements at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will be reviewed. Meanwhile, Margaret Beckett has taken over as chairman of the committee.
"The summer floods in the Gloucestershire region caused significant disruption to GCHQ and its staff," the committee said in its annual report. 'Significant disruption'
The former foreign secretary replaces Paul Murphy who joined the cabinet as Welsh secretary in the reshuffle following Peter Hain's resignation from the government.
The committee said in its annual report: "The summer floods in the Gloucestershire region caused significant disruption to GCHQ and its staff."
Staff and management at the agency were commended for their "tenacity and dedication" during the "difficult period".Staff and management at the agency were commended for their "tenacity and dedication" during the "difficult period".
The report says "business continuity arrangements" at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will be reviewed.
Although GCHQ, which is based near Cheltenham, was near Walham electricity sub-station which nearly flooded, officials said operations would have continued using back-up generators.