Information between 22nd March 2023 - 13th September 2024
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Covid-19 Inquiry
47 speeches (34,032 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) Cygnus, had“showed that care homes and domiciliary care would be in need of significant support in a - Link to Speech 2: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) Cygnus and after it. - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
152 speeches (9,517 words) Tuesday 20th June 2023 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) In 2016, Exercise Cygnus tested the country’s preparedness for a pandemic. - Link to Speech 2: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) We did what was recommended following Exercise Cygnus. - Link to Speech |
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Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response: International Agreement
67 speeches (19,145 words) Monday 17th April 2023 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: 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 - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Written Evidence - ADY0374 - Assisted dying/assisted suicide Assisted dying/assisted suicide - Health and Social Care Committee Found: Exercise Cygnus (18 - 20 October 2016) was a command post exercise delivered by Public Health England |
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Thursday 19th October 2023
Written Evidence - Institute for Government SSTG0020 - Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government - Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government Found: 3 Managing Extreme Risks noted, as an example, the lack of engagement of BEIS and the Treasury in Exercise |
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Friday 28th April 2023
Written Evidence - British Medical Association EMD0033 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: of a whole system approach to distributing PPE to health and care staff (Exercise Alice 20164, Exercise |
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Friday 28th April 2023
Written Evidence - Centre for Long-Term Resilience EMD0023 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: (pg. 11) Though conducted a decade later, the 2017 Exercise Cygnus report similarly finds: “The complexity |
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Friday 28th April 2023
Written Evidence - The Royal Society of Biology EMD0008 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19 - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: pandemic preparedness and in particular a lack of full implementation of the recommendations of exercise |
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Thursday 20th May 2021
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office The work of the Cabinet Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: We had Katherine Hammond saying last year that the Treasury and BEIS had been part of Exercise Cygnus |
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Monday 1st February 2021
Government Response - Second Special Report - Coronavirus and Scotland: Government Response to the Committee’s First and Second Reports Coronavirus and Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: We recommend that the lessons learned from Exercise Cygnus in relation to intergovernmental working, |
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Wednesday 18th November 2020
Oral Evidence - Lord Sedwill (Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service) Lord Sedwill The work of the Cabinet Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: CCS ran the big exercise, Exercise Cygnus, back in 2016. |
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Monday 4th May 2020
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Chancellor of The Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office) Cabinet Office The work of the Cabinet Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: The work that was done in Exercise Cygnus and in other exercises undertaken by the UK Government was |