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HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiMy hon. Friend invites me to stray perhaps further than my DCMS brief and into global geopolitics. However, he is right to say that we should make this decision with an eye on…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiThere are a number of questions there. My hon. Friend is right to allude to the fact that there are alternatives to Huawei, and we would of course seek to use them as much as…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiAlthough the hon. Lady raises issues that are not directly related to national security, she is absolutely right to do so. This country has ensured that it has a robust…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiMy right hon. and learned Friend very much invites me to pre-empt the decision. I can, of course, say with absolute certainty that any decision will be made after intense…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiThe right hon. Gentleman is right on one level—there is a cost component to any of these decisions—but these decisions are made primarily by commercial organisations, when it…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiIt is reasonable to ask how we got here, and one of the answers is decisions made under the Labour Government. However, it is right to say that we have to make sure that the…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiIn a sense, I think the hon. Gentleman is asking me about an unknown unknown, so I hesitate to get into the detail. However, the principal point he is making about the extent to…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiMy right hon. Friend is very experienced in these matters and gets right to the heart of the issue. The issue of this country’s relationship with other countries of varying…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI hoped that I had hinted at an answer earlier. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that Britain has to have an eye on the importance to our strategic interests of certain…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiMy hon. Friend is right that this country is already doing important work in our 5G testbeds and trials programme; Malvern is one of the excellent examples of that. Britain, of…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiSometimes when things look too good to be true, be they economic or security-related, we should realise that they in fact are too good to be true.27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiAs my right hon. Friend will know, a number of eminent former Government employees have spoken out on this issue in the past weeks and years. It is a hugely complex area, but he…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI thought for a moment that the hon. Gentleman was going to welcome the shared rural network that we announced the other week, but he missed that opportunity. He is, of course,…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiIt is the existence of bodies such as the oversight board that demonstrates just how concerned the Government are. That is one of the many aspects that will inform the decision…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiThe hon. Gentleman has invited me to pre-empt a decision that has not yet been made, but I can say with absolute certainty that the Government pay very close attention to the…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. She has a background of real expertise in this area, and she is an asset to the House in that respect. We should of course put national…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI think that some candidates here will be disappointed that the hon. Gentleman thinks it is a hustings for just one Select Committee. However, he is absolutely right to focus on…27 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI think that the hon. Gentleman is inviting me to enter into contractual negotiations already, which I am reluctant to do. However, he is of course absolutely right to say, or to…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy hon. Friend is right that mobile coverage, while unrelated to the Bill, is an essential part of the connectivity solution. We have committed to the industry concluding its…22 Jan 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillThe charging landscape will be set in collaboration with the tribunals and—I suspect that the hon. Gentleman will care about this in particular—the devolved Administrations, but…22 Jan 2020