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Lords Chamber
Renters’ Rights Bill - Tue 06 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) that can make communication slow, difficult and costly. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) of British homes and offices could access full-fibre broadband. - Speech Link
3: None the digital divide caused by a failure to enable renters to access full-fibre broadband. - Speech Link
4: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) After all, better broadband would make their property easier to let and increase its value at no cost - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) out of the broadband signal, and if you go through the Hatfield Tunnel on the A1, you will lose your - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Digital Landlines: Rural Communities - Wed 02 Apr 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) Large parts of the Bridgewater constituency lack both effective broadband and mobile signal. - Speech Link
2: Esther McVey (Con - Tatton) The reality is that in rural and semi-rural areas such as Tatton, broadband is unreliable, poor and intermittent - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) While broadband and mobile connectivity have improved markedly in many areas, there is still a big gap - Speech Link
4: Joe Morris (Lab - Hexham) I completely agree with the need for better communication, and better industry-led communication in particular - Speech Link
5: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) and his Department, regulator and sector, because electricity and communication are no longer two separate - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Transport (Duty to Cooperate)
1st reading - Tue 01 Apr 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) other works related to transport infrastructure and ancillary services; and for connected purposes.As - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Rural Communities: Government Support - Wed 12 Mar 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) as buses, banks and broadband, but I would like to finish by looking at funding, because that has a - Speech Link
2: Lee Pitcher (Lab - Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme) Rural broadband and phone services lag behind, making it more challenging to set up businesses to work - Speech Link
3: Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale) We are delivering a renewed push to expand 5G and broadband coverage by 2030, so that poor connectivity - Speech Link
4: James Naish (Lab - Rushcliffe) Friend the Member for Ossett and Denby Dale (Jade Botterill) mentioned broadband, buses and roads, and - Speech Link
5: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) Many of my constituents suffer some of the worst mobile and broadband coverage in the country. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 06 Mar 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Friend is right that access to digital broadband is vital�it is now the fourth utility for many people - Speech Link
2: Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) move from the traditional to the digital, with things such as misinformation and disinformation on the - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) books and libraries, and Bookstart and the National Literacy Trust, which my hon. - Speech Link
4: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) A number of Members have already raised digital literacy with me today and how we can do more to tackle - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Creative Industries - Mon 27 Jan 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Jo Platt (LAB - Leigh and Atherton) , along with a 70% increase in the number of digital and creative businesses. - Speech Link
2: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) problem-solving, impact on other industries, such as tech and digital media. - Speech Link
3: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) cabaret, and people working as writers and in media production and digital creativity. - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) Gentleman’s constituency at any point, and if he wants a meeting with Building Digital UK, we can go - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Services: Rural Areas - Wed 22 Jan 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: David Smith (Lab - North Northumberland) landscapes and quiet places form a deep and enduring part of Britain’s imagination. - Speech Link
2: Adam Jogee (Lab - Newcastle-under-Lyme) had some tea and cake and a tour. - Speech Link
3: Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) to access to broadband and decent communication services. - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) We know that a prosperous rural economy requires improvements in rural transport and, of course, digital - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Rural Economy - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Con - Life peer) colleges, getting to health service provision, and of course getting access to broadband internet and - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) the availability of good broadband and social media supply in rural areas? - Speech Link
3: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There have been breakdowns in communication and misunderstandings of the rules and guidelines of the - Speech Link
4: Lord de Clifford (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I have spoken in the past about communication in rural areas and the deterioration of mobile phone coverage - Speech Link
5: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) Rural broadband and mobile phone coverage is still below par, making farm and rural businesses less efficient - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Telegraph Poles: Birmingham - Tue 10 Dec 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham Edgbaston) to say that I and the vast majority of my constituents support the roll-out of new broadband infrastructure - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) If we are going to have the digital economy that we want for the future and if we are to compete with - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Project Gigabit - Tue 26 Nov 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) From telemedicine to electronic records, fast and reliable broadband has revolutionised how care is delivered - Speech Link
2: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) , where there is already very poor or no mobile signal and very poor broadband speed? - Speech Link
3: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) In the villages of Tilford, Dippenhall and Greatham, broadband speeds are shockingly poor. - Speech Link
4: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) It is time to close the digital divide once and for all. - Speech Link