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HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend’s point is absolutely right: how do we ensure that this is future-proofed? The first thing that we have said throughout all this is that we will depend on advice…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Gentleman talks about the January 2020 advice. That advice was based on advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, which was working with GCHQ. With all respect to…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsOf course I would be delighted to come to my right hon. Friend’s Select Committee and outline in further detail the steps that we are taking. In essence, those are to secure the…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend raises a very important point. Of course the Chancellor was at the National Security Council when we were discussing this, clearly in order to facilitate the…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI think the hon. Lady knows that we have appropriate export controls in relation to all the things that she mentioned.14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the appalling human rights abuses against the Uyghur in Xinjiang province. The United Kingdom has led in the condemnation of that, working with…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe advice that we have received today relates to the impact of the US sanctions. The US has imposed sanctions specifically on 5G. We have analysed the impact of those sanctions.…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my hon. Friend for his support, but I think there are slightly separate questions about the timings and the issue of human rights abuses. He is absolutely right to raise…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Of course, in the medium to long term, OpenRAN is the solution. I just have to caution that that is not available immediately, so that is why,…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsWe set out our position in the manifesto, but as a consequence of these decisions things have changed. I have been very frank and up front with the House about this. The…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. This Government will not be cowed by the comments of any other country, and indeed this decision has been made in the national…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Member is absolutely right to raise the point about a digital divide, and that is something that my Department is working on extensively —for example, in ensuring that…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsOf course we continue to manage and mitigate that risk, which is why we announced in January the cap and exclude measures, which we are reinforcing with a pathway to having zero…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the D10 alliance, which was proposed not by the UK Government but, I believe, by the Atlantic Forum. We are working with all the D10 countries…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy right hon. Friend is right to raise the point, which is the opportunity created by OpenRAN technology. It would take a very long time, were the UK minded to do so, to create a…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. He is absolutely right to distinguish between the people of China and the Chinese Government. China is a wonderful country; I have…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the risk of that kind of disruption and blackouts. That was one of the reasons that led us to the timetable that we have set out. To put…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the issue of cyber-attacks. I caution, though, that cyber-attacks will not be prevented by the removal of Huawei equipment from the…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThis announcement should not impact rural networks and the fact that, as my hon. Friend says, we have made huge advances by signing the deal for a single rural network, which will…14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe commitment we have made for full fibre throughout the country, with an ambitious target of 2025, will create huge amounts of investment up and down the country, including…14 Jul 2020