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HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for joining us, Doug. It is particularly interesting to have your American perspective. As you may have heard, my first job as a hardware engineer was with…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. As a previous employee of Ofcom, for six years, I am, not surprisingly, perhaps, a huge admirer of your work, and, to…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q How can you make that assessment without taking decisions about national security? If you are relying, as you seem to be saying, on the National Cyber Security Centre to make…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q With regard to asset registry and expectations of having that, having spent a significant amount of time looking in the back offices of operators as to what they have, I know…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q A word on costs, perhaps. You said in your opening statement that you expected it to cost about £6 million to £7 million for Ofcom. How will those costs be funded or raised? In…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)We could perhaps have a telecoms business bank? Helen Duncan: You cannot stop mergers and acquisitions happening, but if you can put in some sort of criteria that companies that…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Helen, you were absolutely right to emphasise, in terms of how we got here, with no UK telecommunications network capability, that as well as being about under-investment, which…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q We have talked a lot about 5G—indeed, we have been accused of fetishising 5G. The Government are currently consulting on security issues and fixed networks. Do you see major…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Emily, what other security threats are not fully addressed by the Bill? How can we ensure that our networks are resilient to future security threats? I am thinking of the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q I see that William wants to come in. I just want to say that we have also been told that there was a major difference between fixed and mobile architecture when it came to…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have just one quick follow-up question. Thank you very much for your evidence. The Bill separates out the diversification strategy, and in fact it does not refer to the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Thank you very much.19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q What would your recommendations be in terms of an effective diversification strategy? Where is the capability strong? Professor Webb: If I wanted to diversify, I would instruct…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you for providing your expertise, Dr Drew. We heard from one of our previous witnesses that the security aspects here might be part of, if you like, a battle for the heart…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you very much for that. The Bill does not create any incentives for network operators to diversify their supply chain, or place any requirements on them to make…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Hollobone, and thanks very much to the witnesses for joining us this morning. I should declare that William and I…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q Could you therefore confirm that the costs will be in line with the size of the operator, so small start-ups will not be expected to pay the same as Vodafone, for example? We…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Third sitting)Q But currently your duties are all to do with the stick, in terms of the enforcement of security requirements, and nothing to do with diversification or the incentives for that?…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q The second part of my question was about how we can work together. Doug Brake: Absolutely. I think the diversification strategy is a very strong document. I would say, when it…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I will be brief, as we are running out of time, but thank you for your expertise. My question to Andy Sellars and…19 Jan 2021