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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to complete the removal of Huawei from the fixed network before the rollout of planned overbuild of Fibre to the Premises as part of the UK Fibre (Gigabit-capable) Programme.

The technical consultation with fixed network operators on the use of Huawei equipment is ongoing and nearing completion. The Secretary of State will announce the outcome in due course.