questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of tasking the Royal Air Force with providing a national aerial firefighting capability in the United Kingdom to combat wildfires.
answerText: Fire and Rescue Services in England are the responsibility of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and is a devolved matter in the rest of the United Kingdom. Any Defence support to Fire and Rescue Services would be considered under ...
heading: Military Aid: Fire and Rescue Services