Covid-19 Response Debate
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James Sunderland
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Covid-19 Response
James Sunderland Excerpts(3 years, 11 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
They are not advised to do so. What staff do within a school is a matter for their head.
James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)
May I please ask the Secretary of State whether the NHS is taking full advantage of the military logistics expertise currently available, and is there greater value to be had?
Matt Hancock
And some! The military have been unbelievably helpful in this crisis, right across the extraordinary things that my teams and the whole NHS have had to do in terms of logistics and delivery on the ground—literally boots on the ground. The military, just like the private sector that we were discussing earlier, have made the testing capability possible. They have supported care homes and they have done an amazing thing. They have really risen to the challenge.