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HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsWith respect, I disagree. The core, and certainly at present it is tangible enough to identify, is the nerve centre of the telecommunications network. It is the most sensitive set…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI agree with the spirit with which my hon. Friend spoke. Of course, if there were that kind of breach, it would almost certainly be a criminal offence, not just a contractual…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my right hon. Friend for that. We have taken a sensible, sober decision based on rigorous analysis, and we will rightly defend it as such with whoever is interested to…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my hon. Friend, and we will certainly look at both those points.28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI assure my hon. Friend that that is precisely what the Government have done in this decision.28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank the hon. Gentleman for the considered questions he raises. He is right to do so. We have looked at this issue very carefully. He expressed concern about delay, but I think…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMr Speaker, with permission, I would like to repeat the statement by my noble Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the other place on the…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank the Chair of the Select Committee— [Interruption.] I am sorry; that may have been premature. I appreciate that there are one or two other candidates who spoke earlier, and…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my right hon. Friend, and I pay tribute to the assiduous and rigorous work done under her leadership and by her Government, which has made possible the decision that we…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Gentleman questioned the rigour of the decision, but as I set out in my statement, it follows—in fairness to the hon. Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds), he…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsAs I set out in my statement, we have been very clear that the relationship between any private business and a Government or state operator has been at the centre of the analysis…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his positive remarks. We are making sure that we produce legislation as soon as possible that can deal with the various enforcement mechanisms…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI welcome my right hon. Friend’s scrutiny, as ever. I am afraid I disagree with him because I and the Government do not believe—and, critically, the range of analysis that we have…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI have never had any conversation where that linkage has been made, and nor am I aware of any.28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsOn the enforcement side, the first thing that the Government will do is come up with the guidance and requirements for the industry, which I am sure that it will want to comply…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend. I agree with the second part of her question, and I have laid out at length the legal, regulatory and fiscal measures that the Government…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend makes a good point not just about new entrants to the market but about those with existing stakes in infrastructure. The guidance and legislation will apply to all…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank the hon. Lady for those good, focused questions. The core of the network is the nerve centre for our national telecommunications network. It is for the most sensitive…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. No, it would not just be for the future. The reality is that with a 35% cap, which could be changed over time, and with the investment…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my hon. Friend for that. I can give him and his constituents the reassurance that we have taken the right decision to make sure we can roll out 5G and have our ambitions…28 Jan 2020