Blair McDougall MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Mobile BroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23946More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve access to mobile telecommunications in blackspots.

  Answer: The Government wants all areas of the UK, including East Renfrewshire constituency, to benefit from good quality mobile coverage.Through the Shared Rural Network, which has helped to deliver 4G mobile coverage to 95% of the UK a year ahead of target, we a...

  Answered 22 Jan 2025

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• SheinHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23945More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence of 7 January 2025 given by Shein to the Business and Trade Select Committee, HC 370, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the compliance by Shein with sl

  Answer: The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted. All businesses should monitor their supply chains with rigour ...

  Answered 22 Jan 2025

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• Armenia and Azerbaijan: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23944More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Azerbaijan on territorial claims made by President Aliyev for territory within Armenia.

  Answer: The UK fully recognises the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both Armenia and Azerbaijan. We welcome the progress on the delimitation of their borders and support the efforts of both sides to agree a lasting settlement to their decades' long confl...

  Answered 30 Jan 2025

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• BBC: ScotlandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21731More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on maintaining a sustainable production department in Scotland.

  Answer: The public service remit for television requires that public service broadcasters like the BBC make an appropriate range and amount of their programmes across the UK. This includes specific obligations to production in Scotland, where the BBC is required ...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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