| Heading: |
Civil Defence |
| Question ID: |
1795490 |
| UIN: |
46700 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1576 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mark Pritchard
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| Asking Member handle: |
MPritchardMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MPritchardMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend the (a) Military Aid to the Civil Powers (Emergency Powers) Act 1964 and (b) Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to ensure parliamentary oversight during national crises. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4820 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
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| Answering Member handle: |
abenaopp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@abenaopp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004 and the associated Regulations deliver a single framework for civil protection in the UK. While emergency regulations could be brought into force immediately during a crisis they must be presented to Parliament as so... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |