PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Telecommunications: Infrastructure (19 May 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to include provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, to quicken the process by which wayleaves are granted.

Asked by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)

We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish the Government response in due course. This will include our proposals for measures to ensure that the Electronic Communications Code continues to support the faster deployment of digital infrastructure. We expect any legislative measures to be taken forward in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.

Answered by:
Matt Warman (Conservative)
26 May 2021