ICE President Sir John Armitt who is a member of the National Infrastructure Commission, said:
“Setting the Commission on a statutory footing formalises and upholds its role and purpose, this is an important milestone.
“The mood in the Commission is very positive, as we work towards developing proposals on the deployment of 5G and the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor. Critical work to identify the UK’s longer term infrastructure needs is also progressing, and the independent ICE led ‘national needs assessment’ - which will be provided to the Commission in the autumn to support its own needs analysis - is currently being produced following a period of extensive evidence gathering across the UK.”
Details are in this accompanying briefing published alongside the speech. You can also read the full Queen’s Speech transcript here.
Please also take a look at a blog article by Sir John Armitt, analysing the announcements in more detail.