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HANSARDPromoting Coastal BritainI am very keen to integrate the creative industries far better into our visitor economy. My hon. Friend will know in her own patch that it is not just the Aldeburgh festival,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDPromoting Coastal BritainBritain, as everybody will have noted, is an island nation, so our coastline is a vital part of what defines us as a visitor destination. I am really glad that the “Starring GREAT…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesAll right. I will give way.02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesYes, I have facts. I would be happy to write to the right hon. Lady if she would like me to. I remember that last July, my anxiety was that somebody would end up having a telecare…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesIn truth, the advice I have had so far from the industry is that in the main in those kinds of instances, people would be using their mobile phone to— [ Interruption. ] Well, the…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesI did not. I will finish my point. All of industry briefed me about that point—they were grateful because they said that everybody was, frankly, complacent about the issue until…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesAnd therefore I am not, I am afraid, going to give way again.02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesThat was a long intervention and I am not sure what precise elements of data the right hon. Gentleman is referring to. What I am saying is that one of the things the operators…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesThere is a big point about broadband generally, and I will come to mobile because I think that several Members’ points have not been about PSTN at all today; they have been about…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesI will not give way for the moment; I want to make a few points first, if that is okay. It was also preposterous to me that still very few people had any understanding of what was…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesIt is a delight to see you in the Chair, Mr Betts, and to see so many Members take part in this debate. From the moment I was appointed as the Telecoms Minister, this issue has…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesIt is a fact. We have to deal with the facts, I am afraid. It is a simple fact that the copper system is now failing on a daily basis.02 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesThat is literally the point that I made two sentences ago, so I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for reiterating it. The point is that we need to be able to get broadband…02 Apr 2025HANSARDDigital InclusionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and her constituency exemplifies one of the issues we face, which is that we might have relatively affluent areas cheek by jowl with much…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis country is a creative content superpower, and we will do absolutely nothing to undermine that. We want to make sure that people are properly remunerated for their work and…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, I was in Pizza Express in Godalming only a couple of weeks ago, and the mobile signal was absolutely shocking. I could not find my way to Busbridge village hall. I am not…26 Mar 2025HANSARDMobile Coverage: Ofcom ReportingI am sure that every Member of the House would agree that Ofcom’s reporting of mobile coverage is rather over-optimistic and does not reflect people’s lived experience. I am…26 Mar 2025HANSARDMobile Coverage: Ofcom ReportingThe shared rural network will reach its targets. The right hon. Member makes a very good point, which is that, frankly, the connectivity that people think they are getting from…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTelecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council Report: Government ResponseThe security and resilience of the UK’s digital infrastructure is of central importance to the Government’s strategic objectives. This statement provides an update on the…26 Mar 2025HANSARDDigital InclusionIf we are to be a successful digital nation, we have to take the whole nation with us. We were proud recently to publish our first digital inclusion action plan, the first for 10…26 Mar 2025