Broadband: Government Assistance
(asked on 10th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has sought external legal advice on EU state aid in relation to Broadband Delivery UK and broadband rollout.
This question was answered on 17th December 2014
The Department engaged external commercial legal experts to provide legal advice on a range commercial related questions, including State aid. The external legal advisers worked with the DCMS Legal team, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills State aid team and the UK Government representatives in Brussels to support the UK's state aid notification.