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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Scottish Government are having to invest £25 million to cover some of the mobile notspots, so rather than talking about future licensing requirements, when are the UK Government going to come up with cash to help with Scotland’s geography?..."
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Written Question
Cambridge Analytica
Wednesday 28th March 2018

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner on Cambridge Analytica.

Answered by Margot James

Ministers have been in regular contact with the Information Commissioner on this matter.

Written Question
4G
Tuesday 27th March 2018

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of premises which do not have access to 4G coverage from at least one provider.

Answered by Margot James

We do not hold any information on the proportion of premises which do not have access to 4G coverage from at least one mobile network operator. Coverage information is reported by Ofcom, the independent regulator, who have not published such a figure. They have, however, reported that 99% of UK premises have indoor data coverage (3G or 4G) from at least one mobile operator and 85% from all four operators.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"It is a fact that, when it comes to the 95% broadband target, the UK Government underfunded the Scottish Government, who had to make up the shortfall. When it comes to 4G coverage, England has 60% landmass coverage and Scotland has only 17%. What are the UK Government doing to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Scottish Tory Back Benchers have agreed that clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is flawed and amounts to a power grab. Is the situation with broadband not the same, and is it not time that the Minister worked with the Scottish Government instead of trying to bypass them?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband

"With regard to the previous intervention and the complaint about slow download speeds in urban areas, does the hon. Gentleman agree that the UK Government should have accepted an SNP amendment for the universal service obligation that would have covered upload and download speeds?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband

"Is the hon. Lady blaming the SNP Government for the historical BT infrastructure of long copper wire in the networks?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. As the phrase goes, there are supposed to be three types of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. I think we can add to that the parallel universe of the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont). …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband

"I wholeheartedly agree. This may surprise people but the Tory grievances know no bounds, as I said, and they do not know where the responsibility lies.

I hope the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is aware of the issue with Scotland’s historical infrastructure. Scotland has a much higher …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rural Communities in Scotland: Broadband

"On the allocation of funding, does the hon. Gentleman accept my point that that £100 million or £120 million from the UK Government was nowhere near enough to achieve a 95% roll-out target in Scotland?..."
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