{"value":{"id":1925374,"askingMemberId":5168,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-07-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-07-13T00:00:00","uin":"17144","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the International Telecommunication Union on the work of her Department.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5039,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK regularly engages with the International Telecommunication Union. We actively participate in its work, and we are an elected member of its governing body, the ITU Council.</p><p>Most recently, on 7 July, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra), met with the ITU Secretary-General in Geneva and discussed a range of issues relating to the ITU’s important agenda.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"International Telecommunication Union","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1925374","method":"GET"}]}