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HANSARDGigabit Broadband Roll-outThere are communities that have successfully dug their own trenches, but it is obviously not right to suggest that that would be right for everybody. Ofcom is looking at the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDGigabit Broadband Roll-outMy hon. Friend misses no opportunity to promote Silicon Stoke. The Government are absolutely committed to using trials and test beds to support the kind of innovation he talks…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Digital Infrastructure, Connectivity and AccessibilityI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) on securing the debate. When I first came into…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Digital Infrastructure, Connectivity and AccessibilityThe hon. Lady shakes her head. As one of the members of the ministerial group, I know that we strained every sinew to get all that connectivity there, and we will continue to do…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Digital Infrastructure, Connectivity and AccessibilityThe DFE is absolutely committed to targeting the laptops and the connectivity to where they are needed most. She is right to say that the allocation changed: it was because of…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetI thank my hon. Friend for that. I want to try to look to the future. There are some bits of good news. I cannot remember his precise phrase—I am not sure if he literally asked me…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetAs I said, we think we will get to 85% or thereabouts by 2025. We will go as fast as we possibly can and we will get to 100% as quickly as we possibly can. I know the hon. Lady…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) for securing this debate; I do not think that anyone has ever tried to duff up the Government in such a…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetIf my hon. Friend will let me continue. I know everyone says it will be done by Christmas, but I mean this Christmas. That procurement process, as he can imagine, is very much…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. A crucial part of the future programme will be much greater communication with Members of Parliament, which is important up to a point, but…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI thank all Members for a well-informed and important debate. We have heard from across the House that all Members believe that this Government should be putting national security…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillAs I said earlier, we would want to apply those standards not just to telecoms companies but to the garment industry and in a host of other areas where we know that there is the…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI am not going to engage too heavily with my hon. Friend’s trousers, but I will say to him that, as I said a minute ago, we are committed to taking forward an ambitious package of…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillWe do not anticipate legislation as a direct result of the diversification strategy, but of course there are other important avenues to explore as part of the broader industrial…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThose decisions, as I said, were taken in the context of the environment that people were already well aware of, and they are taken at a degree of commercial risk. However, we…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI will simply say that the Government will always put our national security interests first, and of course we are always alive to the commercial interests of the companies that…30 Nov 2020HANSARD 5G NetworkIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Eagle. I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Alun Cairns) for securing a debate on a…24 Nov 2020HANSARD 5G NetworkIt is a crucial complement to the Bill introduced by us today. We will be putting in place all the right incentives to ensure that the requirements being imposed by us through…24 Nov 2020HANSARD 5G NetworkMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why the Government have been working as fast as they can on the 5G supply chain diversification strategy, which not only meets…24 Nov 2020HANSARD 5G NetworkI think we have covered the geography of Glasgow. We are working to remove the barriers for new market entrants, and the taskforce is a crucial part of that, but our ambition will…24 Nov 2020