| Heading: |
Electric Cables: North Sea |
| Question ID: |
1752450 |
| UIN: |
21879 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5275 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Graeme Downie
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| Asking Member handle: |
GraemeDownieMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@GraemeDownieMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help protect sub-sea cables in the North Sea from the Russian shadow fleet. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government constantly monitors and regularly assesses the security of critical national infrastructure, including energy and telecommunications assets. Following the incident damaging the Estlink 2 undersea cable between Finland and Estonia on 25 D... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |