Rural Broadband (North Yorkshire)
Debate between Anne Main and Nigel Adams(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
Order. The debate will finish at 5.9 pm. Does the hon. Gentleman have the permission of the Minister and of the Member who secured the debate to make a brief speech?
Nigel Adams
I aspire to be like my hon. Friend the Member for York Outer (Julian Sturdy).
Nigel Adams
Does the Minister have any experience of hard-to-reach areas in other parts of the country implementing wi-fi solutions? Does he have any knowledge of the take-up, or experience of how well such solutions work? In one of my villages, Ulleskelf, I helped to launch a wi-fi service more than a year ago. My understanding is that the take-up has been low—
Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
Order. The Minister needs the remaining 40 seconds to respond.