Angus MacDonald MP: written questions 2025
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Journalism: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses on levels of access to journalism courses.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has withdrawn funding for journalism courses through the Strategic Priorities Grant from the 2025–26 academic year onwards.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Ombudsman Service: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66499More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the £250 fee for making claims to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Answer: The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) provides a free service for consumers and small businesses to resolve disputes with their financial services providers.The FOS is independent from the government and is funded entirely through a combination of levies ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Service Obligation: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to ensure that the Universal Service Obligation applies to rural areas.
Answer: The government is committed to a sustainable universal postal service for users throughout the UK, including maintaining the one-price-goes anywhere principle including for those in remote and rural areas. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle men's low rates of engagement with mental health services.
Answer: It is vital that we put more emphasis on early intervention and recovery to support men and boys experiencing poor mental health to live well and thrive. We will fulfil our commitments to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers by the end of the...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the high rates of premature mortality in men due to mental health issues.
Answer: It is vital that we put more emphasis on early intervention and recovery to support men and boys experiencing poor mental health to live well and thrive. We will fulfil our commitments to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers by the end of the...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIvory: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s ban on importing ivory on (a) historically and (b) artistically significant ivory.
Answer: The Ivory Act 2018 bans dealing in ivory, including imports to and exports from the UK for the purposes of dealing. The Act includes an exemption to the ban for pre-1918 items of outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value. An exemption cert...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legitimate interest access filters for beneficial ownership registers.
Answer: Please refer to my Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July which provides an update and details of next steps.It remains our expectation that the Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies will ultimately implement fully public registers. Where OTs...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel PovertyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using community benefit funds from renewable energy projects to provide fuel vouchers to low-income households on levels of energy aff
Answer: On 21 May, the government published a working paper on community benefits and shared ownership of low carbon energy infrastructure. The government recognises that community benefit funding from renewable energy infrastructure creates opportunities for lon...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the conservation of mountain hare in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the conservation of mountain hare specifically in the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency. Nature conservation is mainly a devolved responsibility and the conservation of mou...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is funding UK-wide research into mountain hare conservation.
Answer: Nature conservation in the UK is mainly a devolved responsibility. We are therefore not currently funding any UK-wide research into mountain hare conservation.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on protecting mountain hare populations.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the devolved Governments about protecting mountain hare populations.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the conservation of mountain hares.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring and protecting nature. We will deliver for nature by taking action to meet our Environment Act targets, working in partnership with civil society, communities and businesses to restore and protect our natural worl...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on conservation of otters in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the conservation of otters specifically in the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency. Nature conservation is mainly a devolved responsibility and the conservation of otters in ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is funding UK-wide research into otter conservation.
Answer: Nature conservation in the UK is mainly a devolved responsibility. We are therefore not currently funding any UK-wide research into otter conservation.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on measures to protect otter populations.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the devolved Governments about measures to protect otter populations.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support otter conservation.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring and protecting nature. Later this year we will publish a revised Environmental Improvement Plan which will set out how we will meet our ambitious Environment Act targets. These include legally binding biodiversity...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LoansTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65533More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that motorists are aware of their rights in relation to mis-sold car finance agreements involving discretionary commission arrangements.
Answer: The government notes that this matter is currently being considered by the Supreme Court and a judgment is expected to be handed down in due course. The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that subject to the Supreme Court outcome, if consumers are ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in (a) managing and (b) eradicating Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support landowners in (a) managing and (b) eradicating Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to control the spread of Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support cooperation with devolved Administrations on the protection of irreplaceable habitats.
Answer: Planning is a devolved matter. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including policy on the protection of irreplaceable habitat.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGrasslands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the levels of protection for species-rich meadows in devolved Administrations on UK-wide nature recovery objectives.
Answer: As responsibility for the conservation of habitats is a devolved matter Defra continues to be guided by co-ordination and expert advice from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), the UK wide Statutory adviser on Nature. The primary mechanism for...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGrasslands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of species-rich meadows in the list of irreplaceable habitats in Scotland.
Answer: Planning is a devolved matter. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including policy on the protection of irreplaceable habitat.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Mental HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on improving mental health resources for (a) nurses and (b) other medical care providers.
Answer: The health and wellbeing of all National Health Service staff is very important. As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to making the NHS the best place to work, by supporting our hardworking and dedicated healthcare profession...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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