§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the number of BT local loops that will have been unbundled by 31 July. [41908]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe regulatory framework for local loop unbundling is now in place. It is not possible to estimate how many loops will be unbundled by 31 July as this is dependent on operators' own commercial rollout plans.