Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Aldous and Selaine Saxby

Tuesday 19th September 2023 Commons Chamber

[Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)]

1. What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the contracts for difference scheme in supporting low-carbon electricity generation.

[Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con)]

2. What assessment she has made of the potential implications of the outcome of the contracts for difference allocation round 5 on the future development of floating offshore wind.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Aldous and Selaine Saxby

Thursday 10th February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)]

5. What progress her Department has made on increasing the availability of gigabit broadband.

[Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con)]

15. What progress her Department has made on increasing the availability of gigabit broadband.

[The Minister for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure (Julia Lopez)]

Gigabit broadband coverage has rocketed from 6% to 65% in the past three years. More than 80 different companies are now rolling out gigabit broadband, investing more than £30 billion between them. In hard-to-reach areas, we have already upgraded 600,000 premises, with a further 2.5 million premises in our procurement pipeline, as set out this week in our most recent winter update to Project Gigabit.