Question follow-through · 15196

Broadband: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he intends to meet with the Advertising Standards Authority to discuss the advertising of part-copper broadband as fibre.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he intends to meet with the Advertising Standards Authority to discuss the advertising of part-copper broadband as fibre.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the right Hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton to the answer of 21 November to question UIN 14700.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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