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Asked by Julia LopezConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 98905

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation entitled Draft regulations to commence Sections 61 to 64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, which was published on 7 May 2025.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

As per the commitment made in the Written Ministerial Statement on 21 July 2025, on 15 December 2025 the Department made regulations implementing Sections 61 – 64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 and published its response to the consultation which ran earlier this year.

The regulations will come into force on 7 April 2026.

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