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

Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) Friend 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

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)

Jan. 18 2023

Source Page: Brotherton Farm Preliminary Ecological Appraisal: EIR release
Document: EIR 202200326956 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: a duty on every public body to further the conservation of biodiversity consistent with the proper exercise

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

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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) My thanks also go to the Cygnus Reports organisation website, run by Moosa Qureshi, an NHS doctor who - Speech Link

Tweet
Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer) - @premnsikka
4 Jan 2023, 11:03 a.m.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay blames flu, Covid and Strep A for NHS crisis. Tories blaming others. 2016 Exercise Cygnus showed that NHS can't cope with flu epidemic. Govt cut bed numbers. Since 2010, 25,000 NHS England hospital beds vanished Tory choices. https://t.co/ELkqlizh9K

Link to Original Tweet

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jan. 03 2023

Source Page: Review of consents for major energy infrastructure projects and Special Protection Areas, 2022
Document: Review of consents for Major Infrastructure Projects and Special Protection Areas (draft) (PDF)

Found: tern Thalasseus sandvic ensis , shelduck Tadorna tadorna, turnstone Arenaria interpres , whooper swan Cygnus

Draft Secondary Legislation
The Environmental Targets (Biodiversity) (England) Regulations 2022

Published - Tuesday 20th December 2022

Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

These Regulations set long-term targets in respect of three matters within the priority area of biodiversity under section 1 of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30). These Regulations also set a target in relation to the abundance of species in accordance with section 3 of the Environment Act 2021. The …

Found: England) Regulations 2022Made***Coming into force*** The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise

Secondary Legislation

Laid - 19 Dec 2022 In Force 30 Jan 2023

Environmental Targets (Biodiversity) (England) Regulations 2022
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations set long-term targets in respect of three matters within the priority area of biodiversity under section 1 of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30). These Regulations also set a target in relation to the abundance of species in accordance with section 3 of the Environment Act 2021. The …

Found: England) Regulations 2022Made***Coming into force*** The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise

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

Select Committee
University of Oxford, UK Health and Security Agency, Department for Health and Social Care, Department for Health and Social Care, Department for Health and Social Care, Department for Health and Social Care, and UK Vaccine Taskforce

Oral Evidence Nov. 30 2022

Inquiry: Coronavirus: lessons learnt
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: For full disclosure, I was a Minister in the Department just after Exercise Cygnus, when we were working