Extract from Lords motion to approve the Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2021 - Feb 11
Friday, 12 February 2021 08:54
Lord Rogan (UUP) [V]:...Later, when the UK Government finally got
their act together to launch the national Covid testing programme,
thousands of our military personnel were deployed at short notice
to operate hundreds of mobile testing centres, which carried out
hundreds of thousands of tests. Most recently, as the long-awaited
vaccination programme began to roll out, it was again our highly
skilled men and women of the UK Armed Forces whom the Government
turned to. Not only have our service...Request free trial
(UUP) [V]:...Later, when the UK Government finally
got their act together to launch the national Covid testing
programme, thousands of our military personnel were deployed at
short notice to operate hundreds of mobile testing centres, which
carried out hundreds of thousands of tests. Most recently, as the
long-awaited vaccination programme began to roll out, it was again
our highly skilled men and women of the UK Armed Forces whom the
Government turned to. Not only have our service personnel been at
the fore in distributing the vaccines to all four corners of the
United Kingdom but many, as well as military veterans, have also
been engaged in giving jabs to the public. I was also pleased to
hear the Defence Secretary, , say in
another place week that UK Armed Forces had delivered thousands of
doses of the vaccine to the Falkland Islands,
Gibraltar and the Ascension Islands. He also provided an assurance
that the Ministry of Defence stood ready to support vaccine
delivery to all British Overseas Territories...
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