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Telephones: Older People |
| Question ID: |
1756669 |
| UIN: |
HL4211 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
384 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of withdrawing telephone landlines on elderly and vulnerable customers, and whether they have made representations to telecommunications companies in this regard. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
This is a very important issue which the government has been closely engaged with since it took office. It is important to note that landlines are not being withdrawn, but their underlying technology is being moved from Public Switched Telephone Network (... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |