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Oral Answers to Questions

Geraint Davies Excerpts
Wednesday 27th February 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Jones Portrait Mr Jones
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The Government have allocated £530 million to stimulate commercial investment to roll out high-speed broadband in rural communities and £150 million to improve mobile coverage where signals are poor or non-existent.

Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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Even though there is a lot of rain in Swansea, the council wants to create a new cloud over Swansea—a wi-fi cloud. Will the Minister meet me and the council to discuss the prospect of super-connectivity for Swansea in the forthcoming Budget, so that the sun continues to shine through the clouds, and we can bathe in the glory of being League cup winners?

David Jones Portrait Mr Jones
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I commend Swansea for their wonderful win in the League cup final. The hon. Gentleman knows that I am always happy to meet him. If he would like to contact my office, I will be pleased to do so again.