Broadband: Optical Fibres
Commons · Question 82958 · Tabled 17 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to encourage internet network providers to increase the coverage of full fibre broadband in (a) residential flats and (b) commercial properties.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 27 Oct 2025
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on 21 July we will consult on policy measures later in the autumn to create a new right for leaseholders to request a gigabit broadband connection and a duty for freeholders to not unreasonably refuse the re...