Question follow-through · 59897
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will work with wireless broadband operators to develop technology that is in keeping with local environments where it is installed.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will work with wireless broadband operators to develop technology that is in keeping with local environments where it is installed.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2025
Answer published
Planning legislation requires operators to minimise the visual impact of new network deployments on the surrounding area as much as possible. We have set out guidance on how operators should do this in the Wireless Code of Practice. Operators have also co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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