| Heading: |
Electric Cables: Theft |
| Question ID: |
1798039 |
| UIN: |
48740 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5208 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Perran Moon
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| Asking Member handle: |
perran4crh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@perran4crh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle cable theft from electric vehicle infrastructure. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answer text: |
Theft, including the theft of cables, is a serious crime and this Government recognises the distress and disruption it can cause, not only to businesses, but also to local communities and critical infrastructure. The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 was intro... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |