HC Deb 25 April 1985 vol 77 c510W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are any plans to operate United States Forces, Europe, hospitals such as that at Little Rissington in conjunction with British civil emergency war time services.

Mr. Lee

United States emergency hospitals in the United Kingdom, when activated at the time of an emergency, would be used primarily to treat United States casualties and so reduce the burden on United Kingdom emergency services. The planned use for such United States hospitals is developed in close consultation with United Kingdom emergency resources.

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the United States Forces, Europe, hospital at Little Rissington is equipped to operate in a nuclear and chemical environment.

Mr. Lee

RAF Little Rissington is a United States Air Force peacetime storage and wartime hospital facility. The hospital naturally incorporates protective measures against a range of potential wartime threats.