Telecommunications Infrastructure (Requirement to Share Apparatus) Bill 2023-24
require providers of electronic communications networks to grant access to their apparatus to other such providers in certain circumstances; to prohibit the installation of new electronic communications apparatus where services can be provided by sharing apparatus; and for connected purposes.
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
The Telecommunications Infrastructure (Requirement to Share Apparatus) Bill is a Presentation Bill tabled by Emma Hardy.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?Yes. This Bill was introduced on 26 March 2024 and is currently before Parliament.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Emma Hardy), not the Government.
What type of Bill is this?A Presentation Bill can be tabled by any MP after the fifth Wednesday of the Session. There is no limit to the number of Presentation Bills an individual MP may table.
So is this going to become a law?Presentation Bills are extremely unlikely to become law. Unless the Bill receives unanimous support from MPs and can pass 2nd Reading in the Commons without debate, it will not proceed further in the Bill process.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Presentation Bill, Private Members Bill, Process of a Bill
Next Event: Friday 21st June 2024 - 2nd reading
Order Paper number: 24
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
Last Event: Tuesday 26th March 2024 - 1st reading (Commons)
Bill Progession through Parliament