Broadband: Infrastructure
Commons · Question 68290 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) require broadband providers to share infrastructure and (b) ensure that (i) lamp posts and (ii) other publicly-owned infrastructure are access
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 23 Jul 2025
Duties and obligations relating to telecommunications installations are included in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003, which include requirements to share apparatus where practicable. This is supported by th...