Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will open a consultation on raising cable standards to a minimum of Euro Classification Cca to seek to prevent the spread of fire in an emergency and increase public safety.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The independent review of building regulations and fire safety, which recently reported, made a number of recommendations about the testing and labelling of products with safety implications. The Government is considering its response to the recommendations. As part of that process, the Government will review evidence related to the classification of electrical cabling.
Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to permitted development rights in 2013 on the roll-out of 4G mobile services; and what plans he has to assess whether further reforms of such rights would facilitate further roll-out of such services.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
On 10 July, the Government’s Productivity Plan set out its ambitions for mobile connectivity in England and launched the Review of 'How the Planning System in England Can Support the Delivery of Mobile Connectivity'. We sought views on the ability of the planning system to deliver and support mobile connectivity, the effectiveness of the changes made in 2013, and evidence on technical and operational factors, which may be limiting deployment.
We received responses from mobile network operators and associated industry, local authorities, countryside groups and others. We are considering the evidence submitted and will announce the outcome of the planning review in due course.
Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on future reform of the planning framework in order to facilitate the delivery of enhanced mobile services.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
On 10 July, the Government’s Productivity Plan set out its ambitions for mobile connectivity in England and launched the Review of 'How the Planning System in England Can Support the Delivery of Mobile Connectivity'. We sought views on the ability of the planning system to deliver and support mobile connectivity, the effectiveness of the changes made in 2013, and evidence on technical and operational factors, which may be limiting deployment.
We received responses from mobile network operators and associated industry, local authorities, countryside groups and others. We are considering the evidence submitted and will announce the outcome of the planning review in due course.
Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to permitted development rights in 2013 on the roll-out of 4G mobile services; and what plans he has to assess whether further reforms of such rights would facilitate further roll-out of such services.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
On 10 July, the Government’s Productivity Plan set out its ambitions for mobile connectivity in England and launched the Review of 'How the Planning System in England Can Support the Delivery of Mobile Connectivity'. We sought views on the ability of the planning system to deliver and support mobile connectivity, the effectiveness of the changes made in 2013, and evidence on technical and operational factors, which may be limiting deployment.
We received responses from mobile network operators and associated industry, local authorities, countryside groups and others. We are considering the evidence submitted and will announce the outcome of the planning review in due course.