Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 60111

Broadband: Infrastructure

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Patrick Hurley

LabourSouthport

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that telecoms providers engage transparently with local (a) communities and (b) authorities before installing telegraph poles for broadband

Answer

Chris Bryant
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 include requirements for operators to share apparatus where practicable, to use underground lines where reasonably practicable and to minimise the impact on the visual ameni...

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