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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
Online Pornography: Age Verification

"This legislation is well overdue, and many are concerned that the delay may come at a significant cost. If we genuinely get better legislation that can better protect children, it may be worth while, but this delay has come as a surprise. What is the Minister doing to restore or …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps his Department is taking to help tackle loneliness. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am proud of the work that the Government are doing on loneliness, but according to Age UK more than 2 million people in England over the age of 75 live alone. Loneliness is thought to be as harmful to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In Chichester, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Growers and farmers in Chichester are very high-tech— we have cows wearing collars that upload real-time health data, and computer-controlled hydroponics—but all that requires high-speed connectivity, and many businesses are now taking a hit. A business recently told me that it had invested £16,000 in connectivity improvements. What is my …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

"I welcome the establishment of this centre here in the UK. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is vital to ensure that the public have confidence in how their data are being used online, particularly with regard to algorithms for AI and deep machine learning?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Nov 2018
Centenary of the Armistice

"It is a real privilege to speak in this debate and to follow such wonderful, heartfelt speeches.

H. G. Wells, who attended school for a time at Midhurst in my constituency, described the great war as the war that will end all wars. However, the fact that we refer today …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What steps the CPS is taking to increase its effectiveness in prosecuting crimes involving the exploitation of vulnerable people by gangs. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Chichester, drug dealers are regularly taking over the homes of vulnerable people who suffer from mental health problems or from drug dependency themselves in a process known as cuckooing. Sussex police tell me that they struggle to identify the gang leaders who control the cuckoos as they are based …..."
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Written Question
Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
Thursday 21st December 2017

Asked by: Gillian Keegan (Conservative - Chichester)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

Answered by Matt Hancock

We are taking a wide range of initiatives that will improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

We have reformed the Electronic Communications Code to make it easier and cheaper to install digital infrastructure. Our ambition is to extend mobile coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass by 2022 and this will benefit rural areas as well. Ofcom has identified the 700 MHz band as suitable for coverage obligations and we will work with Ofcom to determine the best options.

95% of UK premises will have access to superfast speeds by the end of 2017 and we expect coverage will be extended beyond that to reach at least a further 2% of premises.

All homes and businesses which are unable to receive a speed of at least 2Mbps can benefit from support from the Better Broadband Scheme. Further information on the Scheme can be found on our website (https://basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk/guide-to-better-broadband-subsidy-scheme.pdf).


As confirmed in our announcement yesterday, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to high speed broadband.


As part of the Local Full Fibre Network programme, a £4.66 million pilot project has begun to deliver fibre connections to public buildings across West Sussex, including Chichester.