Business of the House

Drew Hendry Excerpts
Thursday 17th March 2016

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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That issue has been considered many times over the years and the Government’s position has not changed.

Drew Hendry Portrait Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)
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The First Minister of Scotland is committed not to 95% or any other figure, but to 100% coverage for superfast broadband for Scotland. Given that the UK controls the regulations on mobile signals, may we have a debate on how the UK Government might achieve that coverage for mobile signals across the UK?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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We are working hard to achieve that for mobile signals across the UK, and we are beginning to look ahead to the introduction of 5G in this country. I wait with interest to see how successful the First Minister of Scotland will be having made that substantial promise, because as far as I can see, some of the promises that she has made in the past have not really come to fruition.