The commercial decisions that mobile network operators are making now about what equipment to buy are part of a continuing process.

Yes, I do agree with my hon. Friend. I think that both those points are important.

I am very grateful for my right hon. Friend’s support.

The hon. Gentleman has asked a number of questions; let me try to deal with as many of them as I can. On the hon.

As I said to the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, the UK Government are not uninterested in this subject; far from it.

The right hon. Gentleman is right, but they are not mutually exclusive. We can and should do both.

I know that the right hon. Gentleman regularly raises this issue with colleagues from the Foreign Office.

The hon. Gentleman has asked a number of questions; let me try to deal with as many of them as I can. On the hon.

As I said to the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, the UK Government are not uninterested in this subject; far from it.

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s comments. Of course, he is right that we should take no risks that are not manageable.