Moved by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
11: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of telecommunications companies based in foreign countries
(1) The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 105Z29 insert—
“105Z30 Review of telecommunications companies based in foreign countries
Where a Five Eyes partner bans the operation of a vendor of goods or services to public telecommunications providers in its country on security grounds, the Secretary of State must—
(a) review the United Kingdom’s security arrangements with that company, and
(b) decide whether to issue a designated vendor direction or take similar action with regard to the United Kingdom’s arrangements with that company.””