Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 107897

Broadband: Flats

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will review the adequacy her policy of not including Scotland for participation in her Department’s consultation titled Legislative proposals to address broadband rollout in leas

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The proposals in the consultation are based on leasehold law which is applicable in England and Wales but does not apply in Scotland.