Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]
"I had a lot to say about IPSO and IMPRESS along the lines that my hon. Friend has laid out, but I am aware of Mr Deputy Speaker’s strictures. I have tried to take as many interventions as I can, and page 2 of my remarks will be put down …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]
"If hon. Members do not mind, I am coming to the end of my remarks.
In my 20 years as a journalist at the BBC, I was passionate about freedom of speech and a right of reply, because that is the desperately important foundation on which our newspaper industry is …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Nov 2017
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"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Warrington North (Helen Jones) on leading this debate and the Petitions Committee on organising it.
This debate is on an extraordinarily important issue that we need to discuss, for the very reason …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Nov 2017
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"I thank the hon. Gentleman—he did do the maths. That is a lot of money, and the BBC needs to be held to account for it. I do not, for one minute, stand here and say that everything about the BBC is perfect. We absolutely need more transparency and more …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Nov 2017
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"There is sometimes a tendency, I think, for BBC managers not to be front and centre or, when they are, if they appear on a programme like “Feedback” or “Points of View”, the defensive attitude is the one that comes to the fore. What we need sometimes, just sometimes, is …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 20 Nov 2017
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"That is another perfectly good reason why we should not move to, or even consider, an advertising model for the funding of the BBC.
I will conclude with the animated conversation I was having with my constituent. Two programmes in particular have been mentioned in the debate—“The Blue Planet” and …..."Peter Heaton-Jones - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Asked by:
Peter Heaton-Jones (Conservative - North Devon)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take in further extending the availability of superfast broadband in North Devon constituency.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Superfast broadband coverage is available to over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017.
Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 13,862 premises in the North Devon constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 39,744 premises.
This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&itemId=122028#toggle-163
Written Question
Thursday 4th June 2015
Asked by:
Peter Heaton-Jones (Conservative - North Devon)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on ensuring that the superfast broadband rollout programme reaches the most rural areas of the UK.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
More than 2.5 million additional homes and businesses now have access to superfast broadband as a result of the Government’s intervention and 40,000 more are gaining access every week.