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Have you heard from your MP?

Digital inclusion policy itself is devolved — but telecoms regulation, Ofcom's Universal Service Obligation, and UK-wide funding programmes like Project Gigabit and the Shared Rural Network are reserved to Westminster. So WIRES is writing to all 57 Scottish MPs, asking them to press on those specifically. This page tracks our progress and any public statements we've been given permission to share.

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We've now written to every Scottish MP at Westminster — 57 people. This updates directly from our sending log, and we'll keep adding public statements here as MPs reply.

57/57 MPs emailed
0 replied
44 automatic acknowledgements

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Read the letter we sent

Subject: Will you raise Scotland's connectivity gaps at Westminster?

Dear [MP's name],

We treat roads and water as essential infrastructure — something no one is
quietly left to go without. Connectivity deserves the same status, and Audit
Scotland's August 2024 review found no clear delivery plan for tackling
digital exclusion in Scotland, and no one named as accountable for producing
one.

Much of that gap sits with the Scottish Government and local councils — we've
already written to all of them. But some of it is squarely reserved to
Westminster: Ofcom's enforcement of the Universal Service Obligation, the
pace of Project Gigabit and the Shared Rural Network in [constituency], and
whether UK-wide telecoms affordability policy actually reaches the people
who need it.

As MP for [constituency], we're asking you three things:

1. Public backing — will you say publicly that digital exclusion deserves
   the same seriousness as any other essential-infrastructure gap?

2. A parliamentary question — will you press the relevant UK minister on
   Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network delivery timelines for
   [constituency], and on whether Ofcom's Universal Service Obligation is
   actually being enforced for constituents who fall short of it?

3. Constituency casework — if constituents raise connectivity or
   affordability problems with you, will you flag the pattern to us, so we
   can track where reserved and devolved systems are both falling short?

Could you reply by Wednesday 16 December — either with a short statement we can quote
publicly, or telling us what action you've taken?

See what we've found so far: https://wires.org.uk/accountability

Thank you for your time,
William Ellis
WIRES — wires.org.uk

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Every MP gets this same letter with their own name and constituency merged in — rendered here from the exact same code that sends it, not a separate copy.

Did your MP reply?

Search by name or party to see who we've written to so far, and whether they've replied.

Conservative 6 contacted
  • Andrew Bowie — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Awaiting reply
  • David Mundell — Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Acknowledged
  • Douglas Lumsden — Aberdeen South Acknowledged
  • Harriet Cross — Gordon and Buchan Awaiting reply
  • John Cooper — Dumfries and Galloway Acknowledged
  • John Lamont — Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Acknowledged
Labour 34 contacted
  • Alan Gemmell — Central Ayrshire Acknowledged
  • Alison Taylor — Paisley and Renfrewshire North Acknowledged
  • Blair McDougall — East Renfrewshire Acknowledged
  • Brian Leishman — Alloa and Grangemouth Awaiting reply
  • Chris Kane — Stirling and Strathallan Acknowledged
  • Chris Murray — Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Acknowledged
  • Douglas McAllister — West Dunbartonshire Awaiting reply
  • Dr Scott Arthur — Edinburgh South West Acknowledged
  • Dr Zubir Ahmed — Glasgow South West Awaiting reply
  • Elaine Stewart — Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Acknowledged
  • Euan Stainbank — Falkirk Awaiting reply
  • Frank McNally — Coatbridge and Bellshill Acknowledged
  • Gordon McKee — Glasgow South Acknowledged
  • Graeme Downie — Dunfermline and Dollar Acknowledged
  • Gregor Poynton — Livingston Acknowledged
  • Ian Murray — Edinburgh South Acknowledged
  • Imogen Walker — Hamilton and Clyde Valley Acknowledged
  • Irene Campbell — North Ayrshire and Arran Awaiting reply
  • Joani Reid — East Kilbride and Strathaven Acknowledged
  • Johanna Baxter — Paisley and Renfrewshire South Acknowledged
  • John Grady — Glasgow East Acknowledged
  • Katrina Murray — Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch Acknowledged
  • Kenneth Stevenson — Airdrie and Shotts Awaiting reply
  • Lillian Jones — Kilmarnock and Loudoun Awaiting reply
  • Martin McCluskey — Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West Acknowledged
  • Martin Rhodes — Glasgow North Acknowledged
  • Maureen Burke — Glasgow North East Acknowledged
  • Melanie Ward — Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Acknowledged
  • Michael Shanks — Rutherglen Acknowledged
  • Pamela Nash — Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Acknowledged
  • Patricia Ferguson — Glasgow West Acknowledged
  • Richard Baker — Glenrothes and Mid Fife Acknowledged
  • Torcuil Crichton — Na h-Eileanan an Iar Acknowledged
  • Tracy Gilbert — Edinburgh North and Leith Acknowledged
Labour (Co-op) 3 contacted
  • Kirsteen Sullivan — Bathgate and Linlithgow Acknowledged
  • Kirsty McNeill — Midlothian Acknowledged
  • Mr Douglas Alexander — Lothian East Acknowledged
Liberal Democrat 6 contacted
  • Christine Jardine — Edinburgh West Awaiting reply
  • Jamie Stone — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Acknowledged
  • Mr Alistair Carmichael — Orkney and Shetland Awaiting reply
  • Mr Angus MacDonald — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Acknowledged
  • Susan Murray — Mid Dunbartonshire Acknowledged
  • Wendy Chamberlain — North East Fife Acknowledged
Scottish National Party 8 contacted
  • Brendan O'Hara — Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber Acknowledged
  • Chris Law — Dundee Central Acknowledged
  • Dave Doogan — Angus and Perthshire Glens Awaiting reply
  • Graham Leadbitter — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Acknowledged
  • Kirsty Blackman — Aberdeen North Acknowledged
  • Lara Bird — Arbroath and Broughty Ferry Acknowledged
  • Pete Wishart — Perth and Kinross-shire Acknowledged
  • Seamus Logan — Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Awaiting reply

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