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David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 3rd November 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I will look carefully at what the hon. Lady said, but I assure her that this is a cross-Government piece of work; we need to work together to tackle this and I fully recognise that nuisance calls can have a devastating effect on people.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Nuisance telephone calls are a modern menace, especially for the elderly. I am pleased to hear that the Government are taking more action. What will my right hon. Friend be doing to monitor whether the new action is actually being successful?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I will look carefully at whether the action we have taken so far has the desired effect, and if it does not I do not rule out taking further steps.