Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has held with the Competitions and Market Authority on how to promote investment in UK broadband infrastructure and full fibre access.

The Government engages regularly with a range of stakeholders on telecommunications policy, including the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The Government is committed to promoting competition in the broadband market, and our Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) highlights the importance of this. The UK has a strong pro-competition regulatory environment which has supported significant commercial investment in fibre broadband across the UK. Decisions relating to competition and merger control are matters for the CMA, as the UK's independent competition authority.