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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.

Since the publication of the Law Commission’s report on the Electronic Communications Code, DCMS has been considering the implications of the recommendations on network roll out and service provision to consumers. In January 2014, we published an economic analysis of the impacts of various wayleave valuation regimes. A copy of this report has been placed in the House of Commons library.

I am still considering my position on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code and will respond in detail to the Law Commission in due course.