Graham Leadbitter MP: written questions 2025
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Energy: MetersScotland OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on contingency plans for the Radio Teleswitch Service switch off in Scotland.
Answer: The Radio Teleswitching Service (RTS) will continue until the end of June this year.My colleagues in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are in close contact with the regulator and suppliers to make the transition as smooth as possible.Smart m...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of (a) commercial forest timber and (b) waste wood products that will be needed to achieve the government’s target of 1.5mil
Answer: We do not yet have an estimate of the required timber and waste wood required to meet the Government's housing targets. The current forecast of softwood availability for Great Britain is a total average of 25.2 million cubic metres of softwood timber per ...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet ProtocolDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the transition to digital telecommunications infrastructure on (a) older and (b) vulnerable people in (i) Scotland and
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that any and all risks of the industry-led migration from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated, for all customers across the UK.The Department has acknowle...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlexander IrvineDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to respond to the recommendations of the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Alexander Irvine, published on 18 October 2024.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has responded to the Determination following the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Alexander Irvine. This response can be viewed in full at www.scotcourts.gov.uk/fatal-accident-inquiries/fatal-accident-inquir...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25538 on West Bank: Ceasefires, if he will have discussions with his Israeli counterpart on ensuring the de-escalation o
Answer: The Foreign Secretary raised the need for de-escalation of violence in the West Bank when he spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar on 22 January. Stability in the West Bank is crucial to ensure the fragile ceasefire in Gaza can last. All sides should ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicide: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of people dying of suicide after engaging with suicide-related content online; and what steps he is taking to reduce those deaths.
Answer: DSIT is made aware when there has been an online-related death by suicide through Coroner’s ‘Reports to Prevent Future Deaths’ and has responded to nine reports in the past 12 months. The department is very concerned about the number of reports of deaths....
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26755More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to business property relief on (a) family businesses and (b) the UK economy.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. These were tough decisions given the situation we i...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordJordan Valley: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the vote in the Israeli Knesset on annexation of the Jordan Valley on 22 January 2025.
Answer: The Government's view is that Israel's presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to which Israel is a state party. The Government is also clear that Israeli settlements are ille...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of violence against Palestinian communities in the Occupied West Bank carr
Answer: As the Prime Minister said in the House on 22 January, we are deeply concerned by what is happening in the West Bank. We have raised this a number of times in the various exchanges that we have had with Israel at both ministerial and official level. It is...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the policies of the (a) Israeli and (b) US governments on the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Te
Answer: As the Prime Minister said in the House on 22 January, we are deeply concerned by what is happening in the West Bank. We have raised this a number of times in the various exchanges that we have had with Israel at both ministerial and official level. It is...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Jerusalem and West Bank PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his international counterparts on taking steps to protect Palestinians in (a) the occupied West Bank and (b) East Jerusalem.
Answer: Stability in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is crucial to ensure that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza can last. The UK will continue to work with Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the US and regional partners to build consensus for a post-conflict Gaza g...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help negotiate a ceasefire in the West Bank.
Answer: The risk of rising instability in the West Bank is serious, and the need for de-escalation urgent. The UK has been clear that it is in no-one's interest for further conflict and instability to spread in the West Bank. We continue to call on Israeli author...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of audio-visual announcements by bus operators under the Bus Services Act 2017.
Answer: We recognise the importance of audible and visible route and destination information in helping disabled people and other passengers to use bus services with confidence. On 1st October 2024 the first phase of the Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Inform...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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