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Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill Debate
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(4 years, 8 months ago)
Commons ChamberOf course it can be done now without Huawei, but what we have set out is, first, the cap, at 35%, and then the process of diversification to get from that point—
I will allow one more intervention, but then I should make some progress.
The rationale, as decided by the National Security Council, on advice from the agencies, was that that was a sustainable point—a cap from which we could start to work down. As my hon. Friend well knows, of course, there is a degree of arbitrariness in any number, but on balance it was decided that 35% was the appropriate place for us to land.