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Oral Answers to Questions

Jess Brown-Fuller Excerpts
Wednesday 12th February 2025

(1 week, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jess Brown-Fuller Portrait Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester) (LD)
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The Sussex Bookshop is a new bookshop that opened in Chichester city centre in December; it is now February and it is unable to connect to any sort of internet provision, because Openreach is reporting that there are no extra connections for the whole city centre. Does the Minister agree that reliable internet access is essential, especially for small businesses that have to operate both on the high street and on an online platform? What steps is she taking to ensure that those businesses have access now, not in 2030?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think that is linked to the north-east. That is the subject.