Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 60112
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Question
Patrick Hurley
Labour — Southport
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance his Department has issued to telecoms providers on (a) when they are required to use existing underground ducting before installing and (b) minimising the (i) visual and (
Answer
Chris BryantThe 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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