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HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. It is a very simply question in some ways in that it follows up on a lot of what David has been saying. Obviously, when we have talked about £250 million, that is to…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)That is perhaps not the phrase, but you get the gist. Dr Cleevely: The primary way to do it is: first, let’s set the rules and regulations. Secondly, let’s put some pump priming…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On that long-term point, do you think that both the Bill and the strategy allow Government to retain the kind of flexibility we will need for them to persist for the long term?…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for the evidence you have given so far. It seems to me, over the course of a lot of the evidence that we have heard over the last several sessions, that there is a lot…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you to BT for your engagement thus far. I have two questions. The first is the same question I asked the other operators and is about the telecoms security framework. How…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Again, I thank both NEC and Mavenir for the productive conversations that we have had already about getting involved in UK networks. Obviously, one of the things that was in the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr McCabe, and thank you both for your engagement and for welcoming what we are doing. I am interested to know what you feel will be the best way to work with the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you to all of you for your engagement today and with the Government up to this point. Given the time, I have one, simple question. The Bill is setting up a new telecoms…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q In saying that, it seems to me that it supports the point of view expressed earlier, that this piece of legislation should not be expected to do everything. It is part of a…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr McCabe, although Dr Steedman was articulating some of the answers to the question that I am going to ask. Dr Steedman, the diversification strategy, as you…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Parton, will you comment briefly on the co-ordination between the NS&I Bill and this Bill in a more wide-ranging response to the Chinese situation? Charles Parton: I cannot…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both for what has been a really interesting discussion. I wanted to ask, partly because you mentioned it specifically: when it comes to looking at other parts of the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q I suppose, in a sense, you are already seeing some of that, are you not, with us already publishing the draft designations, the draft directions and some of the secondary…14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.14 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, would you agree that there are plenty of opportunities for us to use those trials and test beds to boost British companies, particularly in software, around open RAN?…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Supporting the UK’s Social FabricMay I start by thanking the hon. Member for Dagenham and Rainham (Jon Cruddas) for securing this important debate and for getting such great cross-party consensus on the…11 Jan 2021HANSARDMobile Coverage in Rural AreasThe shared rural network is already benefiting some parts of the country, but my hon. Friend is right that in areas such as High Peak it cannot come soon enough. I am very happy…10 Dec 2020HANSARDMobile Coverage in Rural AreasMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that, whether it is in Wrexham and Denbighshire or up and down the country, the work of local authorities has been absolutely essential in…10 Dec 2020HANSARDMobile Coverage in Rural AreasThe Government have agreed a £1 billion deal with mobile network operators to deliver the shared rural network. This landmark deal will deliver 95% coverage by the end of 2025.…10 Dec 2020HANSARDGigabit Broadband Roll-outThere are communities that have successfully dug their own trenches, but it is obviously not right to suggest that that would be right for everybody. Ofcom is looking at the…10 Dec 2020