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Commons Chamber
Government Resilience Action Plan - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) I was interested to read about Exercise Pegasus, the preparations for pandemic exercise. - Speech Link
2: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) The point about Exercise Pegasus reminds me of Exercise Cygnus, the findings of which, I am saddened - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) The tier 1 exercise that CDL mentioned in response to Baroness Hallett’s recommendation 6 in module 1 - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Any national exercise of this kind will show up both strengths and weaknesses. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19 Inquiry - Thu 16 Jan 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) The exercise will take place in the autumn over a number of days. - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) We will publish the findings of the pandemic exercise. - Speech Link
3: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) That will all be tested in the exercise we have planned. - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Lady asked about the exercise this autumn. - Speech Link
5: Richard Tice (RUK - Boston and Skegness) The results of the previous pandemic response exercise some nine years ago, Operation Cygnus, were so - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
National Resilience and Preparedness - Tue 07 Jan 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) consideration of interconnected risks, including economic and social vulnerabilities.The 2016 preparedness exercise - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) The review is a focused exercise, designed to rapidly identify what is working well and should be kept - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covid-19 Inquiry - Tue 03 Sep 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) The Nuffield Trust pointed out that although the Government’s 2016 pandemic-planning exercise, Exercise - Speech Link
2: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) Cygnus and after it. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19 Inquiry - Fri 19 Jul 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Melton and Syston) It was seen in the context of Operation Cygnus, which was often pointed to as the blueprint of how to - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) the things that Baroness Hallett advises in her report is that every three years there is a proper exercise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Jun 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) In 2016, Exercise Cygnus tested the country’s preparedness for a pandemic. - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) We did what was recommended following Exercise Cygnus. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response: International Agreement - Mon 17 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) is absolutely right: fundamentally, Parliament needs to exercise - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) shortages of 100,000 in our health service and 112,000 vacancies in social care.In 2016, the outcome of Exercise - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We supported Cameroon to carry out a simulation exercise that tested and refined plans to deal with disease - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Preparing for Extreme Risks (RARPC Report) - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) The Government appeared to follow only Exercise Cygnus, which was for influenza. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
UK Mortality Rates - Thu 12 Jan 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) In 2016, the outcome of Exercise Cygnus informed the Government that the NHS would not be able to cope - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
NHS Workforce - Tue 06 Dec 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) Even if we skirt over the suppression of Exercise Cygnus and pandemic planning, we entered the pandemic - Speech Link