Mobile Telephones: Public Emergency Alert System Debate
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Lord Fowler
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Mobile Telephones: Public Emergency Alert System
Lord Fowler Excerpts(3 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord True (Con)
My Lords, that is slightly wider than my responsibility, but the Government are committed to extending coverage as far and as fast as they possibly can. On the specific question, emergency alerts will be available for the whole United Kingdom. Telecoms is a reserved matter, but the Government intend to work with the DAs to enable them to use this new capability within their own jurisdictions to save lives in an emergency.
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
My Lords, all supplementary questions have been asked, so we now move to the second Oral Question.