UK Telecommunications Debate
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Navendu Mishra
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(4 years, 4 months ago)
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Oliver Dowden
As ever, my hon. Friend is a robust advocate for his constituency. Exactly those conversations are going on now.
Navendu Mishra (Stockport) (Lab)
The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre was first set up by the National Cyber Security Centre some 10 years ago. Huawei has been considered a high-risk vendor by three Prime Ministers, so why has decisive action taken so long? Many of the European alternatives to Huawei manufacture parts in China; are the Government looking at the security implications of that?
Oliver Dowden
We look at the security implications of whole supply chains, which is exactly what the National Cyber Security Centre has been doing—and that applies not just to Huawei but to the other vendors. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight this issue. Simply removing Huawei from 5G networks does not deal with all the security risks, which is why we need to bring forward the telecoms security Bill as part of our efforts to enhance security.