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Wednesday 30th June 2010

(14 years, 4 months ago)

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Lord Maxton Portrait Lord Maxton
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My Lords—

Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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My Lords, we have room for one more question.

Lord Maxton Portrait Lord Maxton
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Given that the Government are continuing their commitment to provide broadband to every household in this country by 2012, and given the very rapid development of technologies around mobile phones, is it not the case that this debate is totally irrelevant and that the future lies with internet radio, not with digital or analogue?

Lord Shutt of Greetland Portrait Lord Shutt of Greetland
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The noble Lord may be right in what he says, but it was not quite about the Question, so I am not too well placed to answer that point.

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