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Debate between Antoinette Sandbach and Tom Pursglove
Thursday 31st January 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)
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9. What steps he is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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11. What steps he is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

Margot James Portrait The Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries (Margot James)
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The Government have invested £1.8 billion of public money to ensure that more than 95% of premises in the UK have access to superfast broadband. UK broadband operates voucher schemes, and we are introducing a universal service obligation that will give everyone the right to a minimum speed of 10 megabits per second. These interventions are designed especially to help people in rural areas.

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