Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the hon. Member for Wallasey was not informed in advance of the decision to quarantine citizens flying back from Wuhan in an accommodation block at Arrowe Park hospital.
The priority was to contact the hon. Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood MP), where Arrowe Park Hospital is located, and she was informed in advance about the decision to place returnees in supported isolation.
Due to fast moving circumstances and the need to prioritise the protection of the public and those being evacuated, contact was made with all Wirral MPs subsequently.