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Speaker’s Statement
Monday 2nd November 2020

(3 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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All I can say at this moment in time is that we are engaging with potential bidders, and we will ensure that we build a ship that is the best of British but also incorporates the best capabilities that we can deliver for the money and for our armed forces.

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Can my right hon. Friend outline what support the military is providing to increase NHS bed capacity and what plans there are to extend that?

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At the beginning of the covid outbreak, the military were deeply engaged in the roll-out, building and running of the covid Nightingale hospitals, including the transfer of reserve medics from the NHS into that service. We will continue to review that. We are working inside the Department of Health and Social Care to see what its needs are, and I stand by to deliver them.

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