Leaving the EU: Mobile Roaming Charges

Martin Whitfield Excerpts
Thursday 7th February 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Wright Portrait Jeremy Wright
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My hon. Friend is entirely right about that, and this is exactly why many of those mobile network operators have said that they have no intention of doing as he describes.

Martin Whitfield Portrait Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
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Given the disaster of no deal and the apparent inability of this Government to ensure that our holidaying constituents have the same benefits as they do at the moment, does the Secretary of State agree with Alex Neill, the director of home services at Which?, that companies must be “absolutely clear” about the extra costs they are going to pass on to the consumer? How much notice should they give, as we are only a few weeks away from the Easter holidays?