| Heading: |
Weather: Armed Forces |
| Question ID: |
1744606 |
| UIN: |
16266 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4853 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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Dr Neil Hudson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the potential merits of using the Armed Forces during extreme weather events. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Defra has longstanding arrangements with the Ministry of Defence to secure military support for flood response when this is required. There are well practiced procedures for requesting Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) at national and local lev... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |