Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Bryant Excerpts

Thursday 16th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, I do.

[Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

Does the Minister accept that often, even though the Government may say they have met their targets and the broadband providers will say that they have got fantastic speeds, people in their house or in their business will experience speeds that are much, much slower and nowhere near what the Government are promising? I am not attacking the Government in saying this; I am simply trying to get reality into the equation, so that people in their homes and in their businesses can get proper superfast broadband.

[Matt Hancock]

Working with the hon. Gentleman on this subject has been unusually enjoyable, because he is not making party political points on this one; he has been working hard for his constituents and we have been engaged in serious correspondence. The truth is that we use independent figures on the roll-out, but a lot of people do not take up the broadband that is available to them.

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[The Attorney General]

I can, and they do not.

[Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

Can the right hon. and learned Gentleman confirm that the Bill will not be called the great repeal Bill?

[The Attorney General]

I suspect that we will find a rather more technical title for the Bill when it comes forward.