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HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)That certainly is a fair point to make, and I apologise for not picking that up in the hon. Member’s comments. A cap is likely to be even more detrimental to constituents in rural…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Ogmore and for Cardiff West for their contributions and for the amendment. I acknowledge that this is a tricky issue. There have been problems between…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q The legislation will make it easier to share infrastructure. What is your analysis of how that will change the economics of roll-out, but also reduce visual impairment from…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Juliette, did you want to add anything? You do not have to. Juliette Wallace: I was not going to add any more to what Mark said on behalf of mobile.15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q This morning, a rather unflattering depiction was created of the behaviour of operators towards landowners. “David and Goliath” was a term that was used: using financial might…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Catherine, you set out some ambitions on roll-out. Were those ambitions based on the presumption that this legislation will go through, or were they based on the status quo?…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q It would be helpful to know how your members believe they stand to benefit from the Bill. You say that there is a strange degree of unity among them on this legislation, but in…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Do your members have any views on the cyber-security aspects of the legislation? Till Sommer: We do. Basically, a key bit that our members provide to your constituents—their…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Do you have anything to add? Rocio Concha: Your question was on whether the Bill will help consumers to understand these issues, and it will. As you know, one of the principles in…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have any view on the enforcement powers in the legislation? Do you think that they are sufficient to deal with non-compliance? Rocio Concha: On enforceability, if you do…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q 29 It would be helpful if, for the Committee’s benefit, you could set out your own background and interest in this area. I would specifically like to ask you about how this fits…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both for attending. As a Minister, I am concerned about the general lack of awareness of the risks and vulnerabilities when it comes to internet of things devices. To…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for coming, Anna. It is good to see you again, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to meet me earlier. It would be helpful to understand how the curve of…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Could you be a little bit more precise on case numbers? How many people have directly approached Protect and Connect to ask you to lobby on their behalf? You have said that…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Stringer, and thank you to all the witnesses who have come here today. John, you rather touched on the challenge: this is an area that is very dynamic. All of us…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q It would be helpful if the other witnesses could also set out the context from their perspective. I am particularly interested in Google’s view, given it is a company with vast…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Dan, you touched on the challenge about the need for simplicity, so that this very complex area is at least understood on a basic level—a general hygiene that everybody needs to…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Just one final question for Dave Kleidermacher. You talk in your submission about not having static labels, but live labels. Can you take me through how that would look in…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I wonder if you could set out some of the challenges in this space, in relation to the fact that there is such a breadth of devices that need to be governed, with different…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have anything to add on this, Madeline? Professor Carr: Just to say that we cannot anticipate all of the new devices that will come on to the market, of course. I think…15 Mar 2022