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Rural Broadband (North Yorkshire)

Debate between Anne Main and Nigel Adams
Wednesday 8th January 2014

(10 years, 3 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Anne Main Portrait Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
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Order. The debate will finish at 5.9 pm. Does the hon. Gentleman have the permission of the Minister and of the Member who secured the debate to make a brief speech?

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Anne Main Portrait Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
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I call Julian Sturdy. I am sorry, I mean Nigel Adams.

Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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I aspire to be like my hon. Friend the Member for York Outer (Julian Sturdy).

Anne Main Portrait Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
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I am sorry; I was not wearing my glasses.

Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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Does the Minister have any experience of hard-to-reach areas in other parts of the country implementing wi-fi solutions? Does he have any knowledge of the take-up, or experience of how well such solutions work? In one of my villages, Ulleskelf, I helped to launch a wi-fi service more than a year ago. My understanding is that the take-up has been low—

Anne Main Portrait Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
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Order. The Minister needs the remaining 40 seconds to respond.