Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned, or plan to commission, a post-implementation review of the 2017 reforms to the Electronic Communications Code before extending those reforms through sections 61 to 64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.

Following the 2017 reforms, government representatives engaged regularly with stakeholders about their impact. The changes made by sections 61–64 were consulted on and received Parliamentary scrutiny during passage of the 2022 Act. Government has no plans to conduct a formal review of the 2017 reforms before commencing sections 61–64.

The 2022 Act was subject to a published De Minimis Impact Assessment. The regulations referred to are draft regulations intended to bring sections 61–64 into effect with transitional provisions and are subject to a technical consultation which closes on 2 July 2025.