Figures from Tayside Police showed that in 2009 the force received 4, 742 hoax or nuisance calls.

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That's why our new campaign calls on all of the relevant regulators to set up a joint taskforce to properly police and punish those responsible for nuisance calls and texts.

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Which? said that more than half of "nuisance" calls were about services such as personal injury or payment protection insurance (PPI) claims.

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That's followed by a debate on nuisance phone calls, led by the Conservative Alun Cairns who's had complaints from his constituents about cold calling.

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