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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on the wellbeing of people claiming asylum.

Tabled: 14 March 2023Answered: 20 March 2023

Asked by

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms (Chris Bryant)

One of the things that keeps me awake at night is how we ensure that people are protected—the most vulnerable and rural communities in particular—as we transition from the copper network to fibre. That is why I was glad that, in November last year, I was able to get all the network operators to sign up to a new code of conduct that will, I think, provide precisely that protection.