Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpoint in the US on shared intelligence and Huawei's proposed role in developing the UK's 5G network.

Widespread deployment of 5G and full fibre networks is a primary objective of Government policy. The Government published the Telecoms Supply Chain Review in July, which recommended the introduction of a new framework for telecoms security based on evidence and a hard-headed assessment of the risks. The Government has not yet made a final decision on individual high risk vendors and the additional controls that will be applied to them. The security of the United Kingdom's telecoms networks is of paramount importance and high-risk vendors never have been and never will be in our most sensitive networks.

The United States and United Kingdom are strong partners and allies. Ministers and officials engage with the United States and other partners on a regular basis on a wide range of economic and security issues including telecom security.