Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Purchasing Effort - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Barbara Keeley (LAB - Worsley and Eccles South) I remind the Minister that we could have had a stockpile of PPE in this country if Exercise Cygnus in - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) Members across the House have regularly said that Exercise Cygnus gave everyone everything they needed - Speech Link
3: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) What is absolutely clear from Exercise Cygnus is that the specific recommendations on PPE were not implemented - Speech Link

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Select Committee

Professor Jeff King (Professor of Law at University College London (UCL)), Dr Ronan Cormacain (Senior Research Fellow at Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law), and Dr Ruth Fox (Director at Hansard Society)

University College London (UCL), Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, and Hansard Society

Oral Evidence Jan. 27 2022

Inquiry: Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Some of this enormous Act was based on draft legislation prepared after Exercise Cygnus.One of the necessary

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Select Committee

12 January 2022

Oral Evidence Jan. 19 2022

Inquiry: Government preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for government on risk
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Looking at figure 9 on page 47, why were the exercises Winter Willow and Cygnus, relating to influenza

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Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Forecasting and Modelling - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (CON - Penistone and Stocksbridge) cannot model the interactions of human beings that easily.The tragedy is that this was not a paper exercise - Speech Link
2: Aaron Bell (CON - Newcastle-under-Lyme) me, so my models got better and better.The problem we have with covid is that we cannot repeat that exercise—there - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) Government, then led by Gordon Brown, made heavy investments in pandemic planning.Cut to 2016, Operation Cygnus - Speech Link

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Tweet
Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South) - @karinsmyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
17 Jan 2022, 11:44 a.m.

Failures during COVID and crucially failure before. Ignoring pandemic warnings, no learning lessons from Exercise Cygnus which they refused to publish. https://t.co/vQpKNROwEr

Link to Original Tweet

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Select Committee

Royal College of Nursing

TRE0005 - Government preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for government on risk

Written Evidence Jan. 12 2022

Inquiry: Government preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for government on risk
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: registers identified an influenza pandemic as a significant risk.ii 2.4The UK Government also undertook Exercise

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Select Committee

Report - Preparing for Extreme Risks: Building a Resilient Society

Inquiry Publications Dec. 03 2021

Inquiry: Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee

Found: /uploads/attachment_data/file/ 927770/exercise-cygnus-report.pdf [accessed 30 November 2021] 335 Q

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Select Committee

Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office

Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office

Oral Evidence Nov. 26 2021

Inquiry: The Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Clearing House
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: It is not a little bureaucratic tick-box exercise. It is absolutely fundamental.

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National Audit Office
COVID-19 - Nov. 19 2021
Report - The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management (PDF)

Found: In˛uenza Bill, which was the basis for the Coronavirus Act, following Exercise Cygnus (2016).

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