{"id":28601,"date":"2021-09-21T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=28601"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:52:26","slug":"uncertainly-grips-vacant-post-of-uk-digital-infrastructure-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/uncertainly-grips-vacant-post-of-uk-digital-infrastructure-minister.html","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainly Grips Vacant Post of UK Digital Infrastructure Minister UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s cabinet reshuffle saw Matt Warman MP being somewhat unexpectedly sacked from the role of &#8216;<em>Minister for Digital Infrastructure<\/em>&#8216; within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport<\/a> (DCMS). Replacements are normally appointed within 24-48 hours, but six long days have nearly passed without any clarity.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move to sack Warman came a day after <strong>Oliver Dowden MP<\/strong> was replaced by <strong>Nadine Dorries MP<\/strong> in the role of Secretary of State for DCMS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/gov-appoints-nadine-dorries-as-uk-digital-and-culture-secretary.html\">here<\/a>), although it&#8217;s unclear why Matt has been demoted &#8211; he seemed to understand the brief fairly well (industry sources have been broadly positive about his input) and tended to tow the Government line.<\/p>\n<p>However, internal party politics can be a minefield and are something that we prefer to avoid thinking too much about, unless needing to find a quick way to go to sleep at night. Nevertheless, the prolonged uncertainty has already impacted some digital infrastructure related events that Warman was due to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ministers have a huge opportunity to change our great country for the better. It\u2019s been an honour to serve the government as a whip &amp; to improve our broadband, address cyber threats &amp; grow the digital economy. I look forward to doing all I can on that &amp; more from the backbenches<\/em>,&#8221; said Warman after he was removed. The MP will now re-join the backbenchers.<\/p>\n<p>We have repeatedly asked DCMS and others to clarify what is happening with the post of Digital Infrastructure Minister, but so far the only response has been one of silence. Hopefully an adequate replacement can be found soon, ideally in the form of a minister who does at least have some understanding of the subject.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:46am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We note that <strong>Julia Lopez<\/strong>, MP for Hornchurch and Upminster, who was last week appointed as the Minister of State for DCMS, gave the closing speech at a Westminster Hall debate on gigabit broadband vouchers this morning. It&#8217;s possible that she may eventually be delegated responsibility for the digital infrastructure role, but as it stands, no final decisions have been made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s cabinet reshuffle saw Matt Warman MP being somewhat unexpectedly sacked from the role of &#8216;Minister for Digital Infrastructure&#8216; within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport (DCMS). 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