here's our political correspondent matt cole. matt, what impact will this letter have?k, it's highly unlikely this intervention will change boris johnson's approach to this, but it does comejust a johnson's approach to this, but it does come just a day after the us vice president, mike pence, repeated the fact that he is profoundly disappointed with the government's decision to go with huawei and when asked by the us broadcast if it could affect the uk— us trade deal, he simply said, "we'll see". it is a live issue. the likes of sir iain duncan smith and david davis, who signed this letter with others, asking mps to help come up with ideas. it is a complex problem. they consist huawei is simply too close to the chinese government and what they call only trusted vendors to be involved. at the very least, they wa nt involved. at the very least, they want a tapering off of its 35% market share of the sg infrastructure. borisjohnson has said he is willing to do that, he wa nts to said he is willing to do that, he wants to reduce their role but the government has admitted in

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i‘ve been speaking to our political correspondent matt cole, and i asked how serious was the governmentort says there have been preliminary conversations and indeed have put out a short statement that tells us that the dft is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the tax payer. but i think those preliminary discussions, it could just be to the extent of, hello, we are the china railway construction corporation. we can build you a fast railway and the government department of transport might have said, that‘s very interesting. thanks very much. this is where the process is up to. so not too detailed, not least because that first section from london to birmingham of the hs. then there are questions about how you could do something so fast. this is not china, this is a country where the levels of bureaucracy are a lot higher, planning regulations, people complaining about the blight on the home. bit beyond birmingham, that potentially might be sooner but of course where this gets interesting is it‘s the politics of chine

with me is our political correspondent, matt cole. not only the money but also the timescale.rnment have been predicting, is there an expert nation for that? yes. insofar as this might not be a serious bid that will get to far down the line. in terms of the timescale aspect of this. the department for transport says there have been preliminary conversations and have put a short statement that tells us that the department for transport is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the taxpayer. but i think those preliminary discussions could be to the extent of hello, we are the china railway construction corporation, we can build a fast railway and the dpt might have said thank you very much, this is where the processes up to, not least because the first section, the contracts are signed, that would be millions of pounds of contracts to break to bring in a chinese odd brighter and then there were questions about how you could do something so fast, this is not china, this is a country where the level of democracy

i've been speaking to our political correspondent matt cole, and i asked how serious was the governmentpreliminary conversations and indeed have put out a short statement that tells us that the department for transport is a lwa ys that the department for transport is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the taxpayer. but i think those preliminary discussions, it could just be to the extent of hello, we are the china railway construction corporation, we can build you a fast railway and the government department for transport might have said that's very interesting, thank you very much, this is where the processes up to. but not too detailed not least because that first section from london to birmingham of the h line, the contract of line, that would be billions and billions of pounds worth of a break to bring in chinese operator. and then there are of course the questions about how you could do something so fast. this is not china, this is a country where the levels of democracy, if i can put that diplomatically, are

i'm joined now by our political correspondent matt cole.en this letter, iain duncan smith of course has been a very outspoken critic and he is among them. and indeed the others have spoken out on this before. this isn't the first time we have heard from them. we have the likes of 0wen paterson, bob seely, the isle of wightmp, paterson, bob seely, the isle of wight mp, tobias ellwood who chairs the defence select committee, david davis, the former brexit secretary. these are not unknown names. they have all been campaigning for some time against this decision which we should say has now happened. the government has ruled there will be a cap of 35% on huawei in terms of its involvement in the infrastructure of the sg involvement in the infrastructure of the 56 network and they say it won't be allowed to be involved in the core of the roll—out but they are in for now. david green, one of the other signatories, he asked boris johnson about this at prime minister's questions on wednesday. i have spoken with downing street this morning and they s

let‘s get more on this from our political correspondent matt cole, who is in our london newsroom. han let china get involved in this network to spy on britain, but these are mps, four former cabinet ministers, plus the chair of the defence select, tobias ellwood, and another mp, bob seely, they‘ve written this letter saying they‘ve written this letter saying they want other mp5, if they have concerns, join them in looking for solutions to alternative providers to huawei. at the very list they wa nt to huawei. at the very list they want a sunset clause, a tapering off of the level of involvement of huawei in the mobile network. the government has said they will restrict huawei to only having 35% involvement and it won‘t be allowed at the very core of the mobile system, only the periphery, if you like. but these mps say they only wa nt to like. but these mps say they only want to trusted lenders. they point to others like ericsson and nokia, who have signed contracts in france, saying they should be the vendors people should be looking at, or lenders like them. they are concerned, th

cole: correct. matt: so are they buying electric cars? cole: great question. 2% of all u.s.re currently electric, the nissan leaf and tesla in a nutshell. 59% of people wake up today, what a gasoline vehicle. the rest in between is hybrid. executive aoyota couple weeks ago said this is not about electrics, but people wanting tesla. what it speaks to is the convenience, not the electric technology. people like the autopilot function. i think the convenience that a car brings and utility it brings is far more important than the actual way it powers itself. now, governments have a particular interest and how they power themselves. but people like that they can say, i want you to go to the it'sberg studio, and better than driving in london. anna: the infrastructure is clearly not there in some cases, and sometimes what you buy is not what you wanted but what you were able to. bp is on the rise today. why buy oil stocks now? cole: it is the only energy name that we hold. the global supply story, in the interim the global -- coronavirus is out there, but like a one-time charge in