main function, as you saw it? it was an official level main function, as you saw it? it was an official level board main function, as you saw it? it was an official level board whose - main function, as you saw it? it was an official level board whose job, i an official level board whose job, effectively, was to put into place the conclusions of cygnus and to make sure we were as well prepared as possible. make sure we were as well-prepared as possible- as possible. when you became secretary of as possible. when you became secretary of state, as possible. when you became| secretary of state, presumably as possible. when you became i secretary of state, presumably you were informed of the outcome of exercise cygnus and the fact that the then prime minister, theresa may, had ordered the setting up of the pandemic flu readiness board to put those recommendations into place? put those recommendations into lace? , ., ., place? yes, i found that reassuring, i had been place? yes, i
the [earnings from project cygnus, some of which were taken forward, i was assured there was a programme of work to put those in place, but there were no recommendation is to build a testing system that i was aware of, there were no recommendations to change the stockpile, although on that point, the stockpile was effectively transferable from one respiratory disease to another. these recommendations were not there because the system was geared towards how to clear up after a disaster, not you were the secretary of state. yes. it disaster, not you were the secretary of state- vee of state. yes. it doesn t need a formal submission of state. yes. it doesn t need a formal submission from - of state. yes. it doesn t need a formal submission from civil i formal submission from civil servants for something to be done. if, in in the course of this debate, you said, where are the anti virals for a non influenza pandemic, where is the stockpile for a non influenza
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