Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 907719
Telecommunications Cables
Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat — Orkney and Shetland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of plans to replace the copper wire communications network.
Answer
Josh SimonsThe modernisation of the UK’s telecoms networks is essential as the older networks are deteriorating and becoming unreliable. However, it is vital that customers are safely migrated off the old analogue Public Switched Telephone Network to modern digital ...
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