Andy MacNae MP: written questions
28 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Homicide: ParentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to automatically limit a surviving parent's parental responsibility over their child in cases where one parent has unlawfully killed the other.
Answer: Section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 provides that where one parent kills the other, the Crown Court will be required to restrict the exercise of their parental responsibility for any children they shared at the point of sentence.The measure w...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Events: Public Service BroadcastingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 7.17 of the Ofcom consultation paper entitled Listed events: Implementing the Media Act, published on 13 June 2025, whether she plans to take steps to help support pub
Answer: While the Government wants to see sporting events of national interest shown on free-to-air so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience, decisions made around the coverage of specific listed events are commercial ones made between public service broadc...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Events: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 7.17 of the Ofcom consultation paper entitled Listed events: Implementing the Media Act, published on 13 June 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential imp
Answer: While the Government wants to see sporting events of national interest shown on free-to-air so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience, decisions made around the coverage of specific listed events are commercial ones made between public service broadc...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordZoos: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to improve the access of zoos to European Conservation Breeding Programmes as part of negotiations with the European Union on veterinary (a) sanitary and (b) phyt
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders’ Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to establish a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Area. This initiative is aimed at reducing trade barriers to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of goods, in...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBicycles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized bicycle manufacturers.
Answer: Small and medium-sized bicycle manufacturers are important for our green growth ambitions. Through the Government’s Industrial and Trade Strategies, we’re backing innovation, sustainability and skills development to help businesses scale, compete globally...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent sudden and unexplained deaths in children.
Answer: We recognise the devastating impact of sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) on affected families and communities, and the importance of raising awareness of SUDC among relevant professionals, communities, and parents. Information on SUDC is availa...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing recommendation 6 of the National Child Mortality Data's report entitled Sudden and unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood, pu
Answer: We recognise the devastating impact of sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) on affected families and communities, and the importance of raising awareness of SUDC among relevant professionals, communities, and parents. Information on SUDC is availa...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKetamine: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to receive advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the classification of ketamine.
Answer: In January this year, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of ketamine, including whether it should be reclassified to become a Class A dru...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of selling (a) on-demand and (b) linear rights together for each event listed in the Listed Events regime.
Answer: The Department’s assessment is that, in the current market context, there continue to be strong incentives for rights holders to sell on-demand and linear rights together. However, we recognise this may not always remain the case and we will continue to m...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44127 on Listed Events, when she plans to set out her Department's position on the inclusion of on-demand rights in the Listed Events regime.
Answer: I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer I gave him on 17 April 2025 in response to Question 44127.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Public ParticipationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of free-to-air sports broadcasting on levels of (a) physical activity and (b) participation in grassroots sports.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring free-to-air access to sporting events of national interest so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience and can inspire more people to be physically active and participate in grassroots sport. The Gov...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: LicensingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's closed consultation entitled The licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England, which closed on 28 October 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to taking action to address longstanding concerns about the safety of the cosmetics sector, and is exploring options for further regulation in this area. We will set out the details of our approach in our response to the consul...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Events: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to consult the public on whether the scope of the listed events regime should be extended to include (a) digital and (b) on-demand content.
Answer: As viewing increasingly shifts from traditional broadcasting to a variety of online and on-demand formats, the Government is keen to ensure that key sporting events remain available for people to watch for free in years to come.The current ‘Listed Events’...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing viewing habits on the relevance of the Listed Events regime as a means of ensuring (a) the wide and (b) free availability of key n
Answer: As viewing increasingly shifts from traditional broadcasting to a variety of online and on-demand formats, the Government is keen to ensure that key sporting events remain available for people to watch for free in years to come.The current ‘Listed Events’...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the listed events regime on levels of participation in grassroots sport.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring free-to-air access to sporting events of national interest so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience and can inspire more people to be active and participate in grassroots sport. The Government bel...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: UnemploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential impact of safe walking and cycling routes on rates of economic inactivity.
Answer: The Department has carried out an evidence review of the economic impacts of transport interventions that includes evidence on economic inactivity. The research shows a positive relationship between investing in transport and employment in the surroundin...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordExerciseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of active travel on levels of physical inactivity; and if he will take steps to publish a physical activity strategy.
Answer: The Department’s recent cycling and walking evidence review confirms the positive impacts on reducing levels of physical inactivity. Our evidence shows that integrating physical activity into daily routines through active travel can lead to substantial he...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of establishing a National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism in the UK and (b) the length of time it would take to establish such a
Answer: This Government is committed to supporting victims and survivors of terrorism and understands that recognition and remembrance is an important part of their recovery.There is currently no single focal point for the nation to come together in reflection an...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOlympic Games and Paralympic Games: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 4 November 2024 on Olympic and Paralympic Games: Team GB, HL Deb, c1307, what her Department's timetable i
Answer: The Government is currently moving forward with implementation of the Media Act 2024. That Act includes several important reforms to the listed events regime. The Government will set out its position in relation to on-demand (“digital”) rights in due cour...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to publish the results of the November 2022 Listed Events: Digital Rights Review.
Answer: The previous Government’s “Digital Rights Review” naturally came to an end with the change of Government in July 2024. No results of that review were published.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.
Answer: Seven of the nine recommendations of the review have been previously accepted in full, in part, or in principle. Four of these have been successfully implemented, including:issuing an unreserved apology on behalf of the healthcare system;appointing Dr Hen...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Tax EvasionTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28216More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle tax evasion in hair salons.
Answer: The Government recognises that sometimes businesses do not declare all of their income and thereby conceal their true earnings. We are committed to creating a level playing field for all, by ensuring that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Sector: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24325More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the hospitality industry; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending VAT for that sector.
Answer: As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. Ahead of these changes being made, the Governm...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: LancashireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the postcode areas (a) BB1, (b) BB2, (c) BB3 and (d) BL7 are (i) in receipt of pension credit and (ii) waiting for their assessment for pension credit.
Answer: Data on Pension Credit receipt is not available at a post code level. The Department regularly makes Pension Credit statistics publicly available on Stat-Xplore - with the following geography breakdowns: Region, Local Authority, Parliamentary Constituenc...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent Voting: RegistrationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for a national insurance number on postal vote registration forms.
Answer: The requirement to provide a National Insurance Number when applying for a postal vote acts to ensure that the person making the application is the same individual entitled to apply for the postal vote and mirrors the longstanding practice when registerin...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →