Broadband: Infrastructure
Commons · Question 59893 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has provided guidance to telecommunications companies on addressing community concerns on the visual impact of broadband poles.
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 18 Jun 2025
I wrote to operators on 16 August 2024 calling on them to consider revising the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice to take into account communities’ concerns. The industry answered my call by convening the Telecommunications Poles Working Gro...