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Dan Rogerson
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(12 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
As we are undertaking a Cook’s tour, we might hear about broadband in Cornwall.
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD)
I am happy to focus on broadband across rural areas, Mr Speaker.
Will the Secretary of State ensure that all the programmes that the Government are funding, such as the one in Cornwall, which involves European Union structural funds, prioritise the areas that are still on dial-up? I am concerned that we are concentrating on superfast broadband—areas that some companies would have got to in a few years anyway—when we need to prioritise those still on dial-up.
Mr Paterson
I entirely sympathise with my hon. Friend’s comments about the problems in rural areas—I have already touched on the problems in my constituency. It is an absolute priority for us to get functioning broadband that works right across the country by 2015.