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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Jun 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) In 2016, Exercise Cygnus tested the country’s preparedness for a pandemic. - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) We did what was recommended following Exercise Cygnus. - Speech Link

Select Committee
British Medical Association
 EMD0033 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19

Written Evidence Apr. 28 2023

Inquiry: Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: control; development of a whole system approach to distributing PPE to health and care staff (Exercise

Select Committee
Centre for Long-Term Resilience
 EMD0023 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19

Written Evidence Apr. 28 2023

Inquiry: Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: The 2007 Exercise Winter Willow report noted that: “the Exercise showed the need for links between central

Select Committee
The Royal Society of Biology
 EMD0008 - Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19

Written Evidence Apr. 28 2023

Inquiry: Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: pandemic preparedness and in particular a lack of full implementation of the recommendations of exercise

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

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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