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HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I know that she has considerable expertise in this field. It is a difficult balance to strike, ensuring that we are protecting…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for tabling these amendments. I represent an urban constituency and, as the Minister for digital connectivity, I am very alive to any concerns about the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 58, page 41, line 25, at end insert— ‘(4A) In paragraph 13 (access to land)— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “paragraph 3” substitute…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 74 allows the Secretary of State to make transitional or saving provisions. This is required to provide for a smooth introduction of the new legal framework by, for…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Cardiff West for his contribution and his kind comments. I will have to get back to him on the precise figures that he identified in the impact…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I apologise for giving you a dilemma about the advice on jelly babies. I will start with a few words about the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I acknowledge that this is legally a very complex area. It is something that we have not entirely settled on, and it is under active consideration. We will come back to the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)This is tricky, because I wish I could provide greater clarity, but I cannot, which is obviously an unsatisfactory position to be in. In this case, I think the court would be…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)As I said, this is a very complex and technical area. I do not want to provide the hon. Member with an incorrect answer, because this is one of the issues on which we are still in…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Clause 58 deals with the sharing of telecommunications apparatus between operators within the electronic communications code. It inserts a right to share apparatus into paragraph…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)It is crucial that, where telecoms operators have apparatus installed on land, they can request new or additional code rights, allowing them to maintain, expand and improve their…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Clauses 53 to 56 cover guidance and interpretation of the Bill. They allow for guidance to be issued to support relevant operators to meet their obligations. They also set out the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Ogmore and for Cardiff West, and I am happy to address their concerns. The Bill covers obligations on manufacturers, importers and distributors, but I…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause deals with situations where once an agreement to which part 5 of the code applies has run its initially agreed course, one of the parties wants it to be terminated,…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I think it being on land is a much more intrusive process. For instance, we could be talking about a cable that happens to be going over somebody’s land, and therefore to do…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman and offer those assurances. A new body will also be set up, which will probably have its own reporting requirements in relation to this…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Clauses 4 to 6 define the products to which the new regulatory regime will apply. Clause 4 introduces the terms “internet-connectable product”, “network-connectable product” and…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Clause 26 gives the Secretary of State responsibility for enforcing the product security provisions in the Bill, and clauses 27 to 52 create the regime. This allows the Secretary…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I am afraid I have to tell the Committee that this does not get any more inspiring. The clause creates a bespoke process for telecoms operators to seek access to certain types of…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I accept the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. I also accept that in some cases rent reductions were much greater than expected. As we discussed earlier in the week, some…17 Mar 2022