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To ask Her Majesty's Government what role the (a) National Security Secretariat and (b) Civil Contingencies Secretariat have played in the response to swine flu. [HL3443]
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat has co-ordinated cross-government activity in support of the Department of Health as the lead UK government department for the swine flu outbreak. The National Security Secretariat has provided the facilities from which the collective cross-government response has been co-ordinated along with the necessary technical support.