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HANSARDBroadband and Mobile Coverage: Rural AreasThe Government are working hard to give people great connectivity whether they live in a rural, suburban or urban area. We are doing this by: making it easier for operators to…24 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to report that 88% of premises in my hon. Friend’s constituency can access gigabit-capable broadband, which is above the national average. Across the UK, it is two…24 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have addressed this in a number of ways earlier today. As I say, I am meeting UK Music. We have done a number of things with Departments and with counterparts in other countries…24 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Tours: Special Event HauliersI wrote to Baroness Vere of Norbiton, my counterpart at the Department for Transport, in February to discuss plans for supporting domestic tours through the implementation of the…24 Mar 2022HANSARDBroadband and Mobile Coverage: Rural AreasI thank the hon. Gentleman for championing his constituency, as always. Just this week I spoke to one of his DUP colleagues about some of the great work going on with Fibrus,…24 Mar 2022HANSARDBroadband and Mobile Coverage: Rural AreasI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. I appreciate her concern about the costs that have been quoted to her constituents, and it is an issue to which the regulator Ofcom is…24 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)Again, I thank the hon. Member for his suggestions, and I always appreciate the intention behind what he is trying to do. On this matter, we have been consulting with experts…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for tabling the new clause, which relates to the automatic rights for operators to upgrade and share existing apparatus. To be clear, those rights are…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for tabling the new clause and, again, I appreciate the intention behind it. It would require the Government to carry out a review of the 2017…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)It is a difficult balance to get right, between having a roll-out and ensuring that somebody’s property rights are respected. If we are considering giving greater powers to an…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)As I say, we are putting requirements on not just manufacturers, but the importer. The importer would be under an obligation to check whether the product fulfilled some of the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I will now speak to clauses 68 and 69, which introduce measures on alternative dispute resolution and complaints relating to the conduct of operators. The purpose is to encourage…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 70, page 60, line 15, at end insert— “, and (b) amend or repeal any of the following provisions (which provide signposts to those…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)It is clearly desirable that legal disputes relating to code rights be dealt with as quickly as possible; that will minimise delays to network deployment and expansion in a number…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I think it is implicit in what I said that we will keep all of this under close review, because we do not want any of the changes we make to slow the roll-out. We hope that the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Sharing infrastructure in the roll-out of gigabit-capable networks can greatly reduce the cost of deploying networks, increase the pace of roll-out and reduce the frustrating need…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 72 confers on the Secretary of State a power to make any changes to other legislation that are required as a consequence of part 2 of the Bill coming into force. By way of…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)We have official-level contact frequently, in case something has to be changed. I would like to reassure the hon. Gentleman that I have met my counter-parts in the Scottish and…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we do not disagree with the ambition. We all want children in such blocks of flats and other difficult-to-reach premises to have excellent…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)We are looking at rights that will provide easier access to underground and over, but not on. These are very techy points. If my hon. Friend feels that that does not answer her…17 Mar 2022