Emergency Services Network

Debate between Lord Fowler and Lord Paddick
Thursday 24th September 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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I call Lord Desai. No? We will move on. I call the noble Lord, Lord Paddick.

Lord Paddick Portrait Lord Paddick (LD)
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My Lords, this new emergency service network will operate on old 4G technology, and current estimates are that it will cost £33,000 per user. We learned from the King’s Cross fire and the 7/7 terrorist attacks the importance of this network working on the London Underground but, to date, it does not—even though my own iPhone does. How and when will this be resolved?

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