Mr Angus MacDonald

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Utilities: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential economic merits of public investment in essential utility infrastructure in remote rural communities.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Infrastructure: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support essential infrastructure in rural communities at risk of depopulation.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Utilities: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the relationship between access to core utilities and population retention in remote rural areas.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on ensuring that grid investment strategies take into account the long-term sustainability of remote rural communities.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a support mechanism for electricity infrastructure projects in rural areas that face high connection costs.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of difficulties in connecting remote communities to the national electricity grid on rural depopulation.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support electricity network operators to deliver connection upgrades in remote rural communities.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulatory frameworks in ensuring that rural communities have access to electricity grid connections.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households not on the national grid for (a) gas and (b) electricity in each constituency in Scotland.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households not on the national grid for (a) gas and (b) electricity in Scotland.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households not on the national grid for (a) gas and (b) electricity in the UK.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that gambling harm prevention campaigns reach rural and remote communities.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria need to be met by a company before it receives a contract for military training services.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Vandalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of repairs to military aircraft damaged by (a) acts of vandalism and (b) protest activity in 2025.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place to ensure that defence contractors comply with international humanitarian law.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether human rights are considered when awarding defence procurement contracts.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Families: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of families with children relying on emergency food parcels.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with (a) animal welfare charities and (b) other stakeholders on the potential impacts of fireworks use on (i) pets and (ii) livestock.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the protection of freedom of religion or belief in countries identified as priority areas as part of her Department’s freedom of religion

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Prevention: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the strength of the link between freedom of religion or belief and conflict prevention in the context of UK foreign policy.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sub-saharan Africa: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on strengthening protections for freedom of religion or belief in sub-Saharan Africa.

30 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Climate Change: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the use of international taxation measures to support global climate adaptation programmes.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Ballistic Missile Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide (i) financial and (ii) technical support for missile interceptor technology projects in Ukraine.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Ballistic Missile Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in cooperation with Ukraine to develop or invest in low-cost missile interceptor technology.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of consulting with Members before allocating asylum accommodation in their constituencies.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels and Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce tensions within local communities arising from the use of (a) hotels and (b) military barracks to accommodate asylum seekers.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of relocating asylum seekers from hotel accommodation to Ministry of Defence sites in mitigating tensions with local communities.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the phasing out of pesticide use in public spaces in other European countries.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of pesticide use in (a) urban and (b) public spaces on (i) public health and (ii) biodiversity.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Weedkillers: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with the devolved Administrations on supporting local authorities to transition away from the use of glyphosate-based herbicides in public spaces.