Angus MacDonald MP: written questions
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Ukraine: ChildrenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to support UN investigations into reports of (a) forced re-education, (b) ideological indoctrination and (c) other violations of ch
Answer: We consistently raise awareness of child deportations in our communications and across multilateral fora and have raised this issue at the UN Security Council, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the UN Human Rights Counci...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet Protocol: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural households are offered appropriate mitigation measures before being switched from analogue to digital telephone services.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers across the UK.The Government has publishe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet ProtocolDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of households that will lose the ability to make emergency calls during a power cut following the switch to digital landlines.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers. No household should be left without means to ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet ProtocolDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that the vulnerability registers maintained by energy providers are shared with telecommunications providers to prioritise additional support for vulne
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that vulnerable people are identified and appropriately supported during the Public Switched Telephone Network migration. For legal and data protection reasons, data on vulnerable people from energy providers cannot...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the resilience of mobile masts serving rural communities to prolonged power outages.
Answer: Whilst telecommunications services are generally resilient, they can be disrupted, and we recognise the impact that prolonged power cuts can have, especially on rural communities. In December 2023, Ofcom launched a public Call for Input on the power back-...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet Protocol: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with telecommunications providers to ensure that battery back-up solutions provided to households during the Public Switched Telephone Network migration are suf
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers. No household should be left without means to ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet Protocol: Emergency ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing contingency arrangements to ensure access to emergency services during prolonged power outages in areas affected by the Public S
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers. No household should be left without means to ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSeagulls: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to local authorities on non-lethal deterrents for managing urban gull populations that comply with t
Answer: Natural England has previously issued this guidance on managing wild birds using non-lethal measures. Neither Defra nor Natural England has assessed the merits of developing further targeted guidance for local authorities on this matter but we understand ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSeagulls: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to prevent gulls nesting in urban areas; and whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the devolved Admi
Answer: There are a range of legal methods that can be used to deter gulls to prevent or at least minimise problems in urban areas. Natural England has issued this guidance on managing wild birds using non-lethal measures. It has also piloted two organisational l...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81184More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential lessons that could be learned from HMRC’s treatment of professional footballers affected by investment
Answer: HMRC works closely with partners across the football sector to deliver educational messages to support players and their agents in getting things right first time. HMRC recognises the damage caused to the tax system by those that promote tax avoidance sch...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSeagulls: Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of (a) urban littering and (b) waste management on the behaviour of gull populations.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government has not made a recent national assessment on the potential impact of urban littering and waste management on the behaviour of gull populations. The ef...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSeagulls: Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of urban gull populations on public (a) health and (b) safety.
Answer: The two large gull species frequently seen in urban areas are the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull. There is a long term decline in the breeding population of both, which is most acute in coastal, rural areas. At the same time as this decline, an...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: Victim Support SchemesTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76227More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislative changes to require HMRC to prioritise investigations of (a) promoters and (b) perpetrators of fraudulent schemes over investigations of (i) profe
Answer: HMRC already takes action against those behind tax avoidance schemes by using a variety of legislation and tools to challenge promoters and others in the tax avoidance supply chain. HMRC also regularly publishes information on tax avoidance schemes, those...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: Victim Support SchemesTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76226More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of HMRC’s procedures for (a) identifying and (b) protecting people who are victims of crime.
Answer: The government takes the issue of fraud extremely seriously, recognising its impact on businesses and taxpayers. HMRC regularly reviews its approach to identifying and supporting customers who are victims of crime to ensure they are provided with support ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the number of mobile phone not-spots in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring Update (8 May 2025), approximately 24% of the constituency of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-Shire has no 4G geographic coverage from any mobile network operator (MNO), and similarly around 20% of premises lack...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of households with copper-based broadband connections only in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: Using Connected Nations 2025 Spring Update data published by Ofcom, we estimate that of the 52,930 residential properties in the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency, approximately 18,540 households (35%) are reliant on copper-based broadband ...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of premises without access to gigabit-capable broadband in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: Through its Open Market Review (OMR) process, Building Digital UK identifies premises in England and Wales with no gigabit network infrastructure and where none is likely to be developed within the next three years. This information is routinely published...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Parliament SquareHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were arrested in relation to the protests in Parliament Square on 6 September 2025.
Answer: The Government is absolutely clear that support for proscribed organisations is unacceptable. Anyone expressing support for a proscribed organisation should expect to be investigated by the police.The Metropolitan Police Service has released statistics on...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Parliament SquareHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were arrested at the protests in Parliament Square on 6 September 2025 who have since been (a) charged and (b) released without charge
Answer: The Government is absolutely clear that support for proscribed organisations is unacceptable. Anyone expressing support for a proscribed organisation should expect to be investigated by the police.Charging decisions are a matter for the police and the CPS...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine Action: DemonstrationsAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75926More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of prosecutions arising from protest activity by Palestine Action.
Answer: Prosecutions relating to Palestine Action arrests are currently ongoing and at different stages of progression.As such, no Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) costs assessments have been made at this stage, but the CPS continues to keep resourcing under revie...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Palestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the potential impact of policing Palestine Action protests on their capacity to deliver core policing services.
Answer: Decisions on how to police individual protests, including those by Palestine Action, are for Chief Constables, who are operationally independent and best placed to assess local threat and risk. Where the activity of protestors breaks the law, the police h...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Palestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the cost to police forces of responding to protest activity by Palestine Action since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely collect information on the costs of police operations.It is a local decision for elected Police and Crime Commissioners and their equivalents, working with their chief officers, to determine how best to allocate resource...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Palestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of officer hours spent policing protests by Palestine Action since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this information.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: Palestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the potential impact of policing protest activity by Palestine Action on the allocation of police resources.
Answer: Decisions on how to police individual protests, including those by Palestine Action, are for Chief Constables, who are operationally independent and best placed to assess local threat and risk.Where the activity of protestors breaks the law, the police ha...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a just transition for climate policies on (a) rural areas and (b) Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: The transition to net zero is the economic and industrial opportunity of the century. The government's approach is built on fairness and it is committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to access the benefits. The upcoming publication of the ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
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