wrote:

Well, of course it is April Fools Day [...]

Fools or not, there was a proposal for Part Q back in '03 - provision of
cable ducts and routes for "electronic communication services (broadband)."

The consultation papers are here
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/grou...cst?n=6503&l=3

And the draft Approved document Q is here
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/grou...reg_609509.pdf
- last amended 1st April 2003, as it happens :-)

This seems to have died a death. That's probably just as well; anything
they managed to enact would have been out of date before it came into
force...

--
Andy