Urgent question on Tuesday, 10 November 2020, in the House of Commons, led by John Healey. The answering member was Jeremy Quin.

Armed Forces: Covid-19 Deployment

Urgent question on the deployment of the armed forces to assist civilian authorities in dealing with the continuing covid pandemic. Sitting suspended.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 683 cc731-743
Session: 2019-21
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lindsay Hoyle | 683 c731 (Link to this contribution)
Before I call the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey), I want to put on reco...; John Healey | 683 c731 (Link to this contribution)
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the d...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c731 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) for his urgent question and ...; John Healey | 683 c732 (Link to this contribution)
Last Monday, ahead of the new national lockdown in England, I said to the Defence Secretary:
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I very much welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s warm words of support for the wider tasks of the a...; Iain Duncan Smith | 683 c733 (Link to this contribution)
It is a long time since I served in the armed forces, but one lesson I took from my service was t...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c733 (Link to this contribution)
It may be a while since my right hon. Friend served in the armed forces, but the Scots Guards’ lo...; Stewart Malcolm McDonald | 683 cc733-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the shadow Secretary of State for tabling the urgent question. Like others, I put on the ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c734 (Link to this contribution)
First, I do not know the exact number of requests. I have actually asked, and I will write to the...; Lord McCabe | 683 c734 (Link to this contribution)
Given that planning for sudden, fast-moving events and surges is part of our military’s stock in ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c734 (Link to this contribution)
I think the hon. Gentleman is aware that Defence has been involved from the outset on planning an...; Bernard Jenkin | 683 c734 (Link to this contribution)
NHS Test and Trace has grown from literally zero to being the size of Asda in little more than si...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c735 (Link to this contribution)
I believe I am right in saying that we are indeed assisting NHS Test and Trace, and others; as re...; Marion Fellows | 683 c735 (Link to this contribution)
The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff has said that Defence should no longer be considered a “last ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c735 (Link to this contribution)
At the high point, I believe we had 7,500 military personnel deployed in support of the civil pow...; Harriett Baldwin | 683 c735 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask the Minister to pay particular tribute to the science and to the scientists working at ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c735 (Link to this contribution)
There speaks a distinguished former Defence Minister; it is a pleasure to see my hon. Friend in h...; Jamie Stone | 683 cc735-6 (Link to this contribution)
Greetings from the far north of Scotland. May I remind the House that a member of my close family...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
We thank the relative of the hon. Gentleman for his or her service in the armed forces. On PPE, a...; Kieran Mullan | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
There can be no better week than this for all of us to take the time to recognise and thank the a...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. We are blessed in the armed forces to have reservists with tremendous capabilities, w...; Gavin Robinson | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
I learned earlier in the pandemic that four MACA requests had been made from Northern Ireland; th...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
I am very aware of the support that we have provided to Northern Ireland. We are always ready to ...; Siobhan Baillie | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
So much of the military’s work is done behind the scenes. It has been really helpful to hear toda...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c736 (Link to this contribution)
I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. The military have a vast range of tasks, not...; Maria Eagle | 683 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I echo the shadow Secretary of State’s thanks for the professionalism of the armed services perso...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the points made by the hon. Lady. If I may say so, we are really enjoying working with ...; Jack Lopresti | 683 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I echo the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) in thanking o...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c737 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend speaks from experience: he is a reservist who served in Operation Herrick, from me...; Rachel Hopkins | 683 c737 (Link to this contribution)
Today is Councils Can Day, so I am sure the Minister would like to join me in thanking local coun...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
We are all grateful for the work that councils have done—be it Liverpool City Council or councils...; Lindsay Hoyle | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
Let us head up to Lichfield—my word, we have the cathedral in the background—to Michael Fabricant...; Michael Fabricant | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
Oh dear: I am worried that you say I am looking orange, Mr Speaker —it makes me think of Donald T...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is never shy, and neither is the Ministry of Defence shy in being very proud of th...; Rachael Maskell | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
The excellence of our armed forces in civil contingency operations, whether in support, service o...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Lady for her question. I believe that there are 1,600 medics currently deployed ...; Peter Grant | 683 c738 (Link to this contribution)
This week in particular, we all remember with gratitude the price that so many service personnel ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c739 (Link to this contribution)
To reassure the hon. Gentleman, I do not think that we have ever needed to have that kind of disc...; Dan Carden | 683 c739 (Link to this contribution)
May I put on record my thanks to the City Mayor’s Office, to our director of public health, Matt ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c739 (Link to this contribution)
May I re-echo what the hon. Gentleman said so accurately about the response that has been met on ...; Jason McCartney | 683 c739 (Link to this contribution)
Anyone who watched the briefing last night with Brigadier Joe Fossey could not help but be impres...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c739 (Link to this contribution)
I recognise the particular issues in Kirklees. I am glad that my hon. Friend has brought them to ...; Emma Hardy | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
Hull now has the third highest seven-day rate of new cases per 100,000 residents across English u...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to hear the statistics from Hull, which are indeed sobering, but I repeat what I said ...; Desmond Swayne | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
When the major generals removed liberties, Oliver Cromwell wondered publicly if even arming one i...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
I can reassure my right hon. Friend that I know many fine major generals but I do not know any th...; Angela Eagle | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
May I also express the thanks of my constituents for the work that the armed forces have been doi...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c740 (Link to this contribution)
First, I wish the hon. Lady’s constituents well at a difficult time, and I am glad that the milit...; Edward Leigh | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
Following on from that question, there is no point in repeating what has been said many times thi...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I feel that I ought to declare an interest because I once served in the Treasury—I put that on th...; Jim Shannon | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his responses and put on the record my thanks to the Army and its person...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
We will ensure that all deployed personnel get the right PPE and take the right covid precautions...; Caroline Ansell | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I should declare an interest as a proud patron of the Military Preparation College, which has an ...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I should also declare an interest because I am a Sussex Member of Parliament. Those military pers...; Martyn Day | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
May I put on the record my gratitude for the work that the armed forces are doing in combating th...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for the question. We always look at what other people do and how other...; Lord Harper | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
May I put on record the fact that this response to the pandemic has demonstrated the United Kingd...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
My understanding is that work is being done on planning, logistics and how we would support the i...; Lindsay Hoyle | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood.; Tobias Ellwood | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to catch your eye.
I hope the message is loud and clea...; Jeremy Quin | 683 c742 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome what my right hon. Friend says about the support that is provided by the armed forces. ...; Lindsay Hoyle | 683 c743 (Link to this contribution)
In order to allow the safe exit of hon. Members participating in this item of business and the sa...
Subjects: Armed forces Liverpool Screening Vaccination Military aid Coronavirus
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