Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 11 March 2020.
We're considering all options. And that's both part of our pandemic influenza planning that is being stepped up; it's also part of what local resilience fora are looking at, to consider what takes place in each of the four areas. And that involves not just devolved public services, it of course involves the regular relations we have together with non-devolved services. So, for example, the police are involved in each one of our four local resilience fora as a matter of course, in terms of that emergency planning and delivery response. We are also, of course, considering the potential role the army may have to play. But it comes back to what role is required, and who is best placed to serve that. So nothing is ruled out—certainly—in terms of the provision we have, and, as I said in answer to your first question, how that meets the need we expect to see coming through the health service and other public services, and where are the right places to try and increase that capacity, and, equally, the activities that we recognise will need to be delayed and put off for a period of time, and that, of course, depends on the length and severity of the outbreak.