Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the feasibility of the UK participating in the EU’s spectrum policy framework after the UK has left the EU.

The European Electronic Communications Framework is currently subject to re-negotiation by Member States of the EU, renamed the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC). Spectrum management forms a part of this legislation. The UK, as a current member of the EU, is taking a full part in this re-negotiation.

The UK and other EU Member States maintain membership in their own right of a number of international organisations such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) which considers spectrum issues on a global basis. This is in addition to our engagement on spectrum management matters within the EU.