Correspondence relating to farm machinery and the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
1. Please can you share any correspondence sent from Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance to the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of farm machinery/equipment theft.
2. Please can you share any correspondence sent to Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance from the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of farm machinery/equipment theft.
3. Please can you share any correspondence sent from Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance to the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.
4. Please can you share any correspondence sent to Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance from the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.
Response
1. Please can you share any correspondence sent from Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance to the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of farm machinery/equipment theft.
Response
Correspondence from Siobhian Brown MSP and Minister for Victims and Community Safety to Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, DBE MP Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention is attached as ANNEX A.
2. Please can you share any correspondence sent to Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance from the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of farm machinery/equipment theft.
Response
Response from Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, DBE MP Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention to Siobhan Brown MSP and Minister for Victims and Community Safety is attached as ANNEX B.
3. Please can you share any correspondence sent from Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance to the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.
Response
Correspondence from Siobhian Brown MSP and Minister for Victims and Community Safety to Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, DBE MP Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention is attached as ANNEX A.
4. Please can you share any correspondence sent to Siobhian Brown or Angela Constance from the UK Government/Home Office since 11 June 2025 on the topic of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.
Response
Response from Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, DBE MP Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention to Siobhan Brown MSP and Minister for Victims and Community Safety is attached as ANNEX B.
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