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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-12-17more like thismore than 2014-12-17
answering body
Department for Culture Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Telecommunications: Contracts more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent review he has made of the arrangements that ensure that customers can easily switch contracts between telecom providers. more like this
tabling member constituency Arfon more like this
tabling member printed
Hywel Williams more like this
uin 219348 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-01-08more like thismore than 2015-01-08
answer text We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. In July 2014, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015 more like this
answering member constituency Wantage more like this
answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-08T10:34:16.687Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-08T10:34:16.687Z
answering member
1580
label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
tabling member
1397
label Biography information for Hywel Williams more like this