Angus Brendan MacNeil
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(8 years, 6 months ago)
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Robert Halfon
My hon. Friend makes an important point and he will be pleased to know that the Government have a target of moving 50% of Government buildings in London to outside London. As I said in answer to the previous question, a lot of progress has been made and the Government have saved £750 million cumulatively by moving out of 2,000 buildings, as well as raising £1.8 billion for the taxpayer.
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Does this talk of moving MI5 not give a great opportunity to reduce the Whitehall estate by bringing those jobs to Scotland? After all, it is a well-known MI5 fact that it would rather be located in Scotland.
Robert Halfon
I would love to be of more help to the hon. Gentleman, but I think he knows that no Government would ever comment on intelligence matters.