Question follow-through · 99273
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's document entitled A new electronic communications code, published in May 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of chan
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's document entitled A new electronic communications code, published in May 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of chan
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2025
Answer published
The document entitled ‘A New Electronic Communications Code’ was a report published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government. The report detailed Government proposals to overhaul the Code, follo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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