Flooding: Military Deployment Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Flooding: Military Deployment

Lord Trefgarne Excerpts
Monday 24th March 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Astor of Hever Portrait Lord Astor of Hever
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My Lords, as I said in my initial Answer, we are looking at this whole process to see how to improve it in future. This is one area that we will certainly look at closely.

Lord Trefgarne Portrait Lord Trefgarne (Con)
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Can my noble friend confirm that the deployment to which the Question and his Answer relate had no effect on routine operations?

Lord Astor of Hever Portrait Lord Astor of Hever
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My Lords, the personnel allocated to assist with flooding were selected in such a way that their participation would have no impact on military units’ preparedness for future operations. That includes contingency operations should assistance be requested in the event of future flooding or other severe weather.