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First Special Report - Operation Isotrope: the use of the military to counter migrant crossings: Government response to the Committee’s fourth report of Session 2021-22

Published 19 May 2022

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The government's response

This document responds to Fourth Report - Operation Isotrope: the use of the military to counter migrant crossings.

This is the government's response, published 19 May 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response sets out military primacy for the Channel response as one element of wider immigration reform, notes some of the Committee's conclusions, and disagrees with others, including on the impact on naval resources.

  • On the call for a published handover date, it "notes the Committee's conclusions" and says current planning is for Defence to retain primacy until January 2023, when the "operational requirement and financing arrangements will be reviewed".
  • It "disagrees" with the Committee on the deployment of "scarce" naval resources, stating that Operation ISOTROPE "has no impact on the availability of Destroyers, Frigates or Batch 2 OPVs" for deployment overseas or in homeland defence.
  • On funding, it states that a £50 million package has been agreed between the Treasury, Home Office and MOD to deliver military primacy until early 2023, when "the requirement and resourcing will be reviewed".
  • On British shipbuilding, it "notes the Committee's recommendation" and says the National Shipbuilding Office "will seek to maximise UK content wherever possible".

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