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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am sure my hon. Friend will be delighted that I am asking not about broadband but about mobile connectivity instead. I live in the beautiful village of Instow in North Devon, but my mobile signal is so poor that if I move my head when making a call I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, it is currently only possible to submit a request to increase a sentence for causing death by dangerous driving, but the majority of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are cases of causing death by careless driving. What is my right hon. and learned Friend doing …..."
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Written Question
Second Homes: Registration
Tuesday 15th February 2022

Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's announcement for a consultation on a register for holiday lets, whether she plans for a comprehensive listing of second properties, where residents may be on the electoral register but do not use the property as their primary residence.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Government intends to launch a consultation on a Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme later in 2022, but will begin the process by launching a call for evidence in the coming weeks.

The call for evidence will seek views on a range of issues that arise from the increase in short-term holiday letting, not just on housing supply but also on matters such as compliance with health and safety regulations and the impact on anti-social behaviour.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the CPS in handling cases where the defendant has a mental health condition or disorder. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my hon. and learned Friend welcome the greater use of mental health treatment requirement orders for offenders subject to community orders or suspended sentences? Will he engage with Ministers across justice and health services to ensure that sufficient funding is in place to enable the long-term adoption of this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What progress her Department has made on increasing the availability of gigabit broadband. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"With the Government’s levelling-up announcement confirming plans for the UK to have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband by 2030, it is important that consumers in rural constituencies such as mine have access to every fibre internet service provider on the market, ideally via a wholesaler. What steps is my hon. Friend taking …..."
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Written Question
Broadband: South West
Monday 7th February 2022

Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that customers in (a) the South West and (b) North Devon constituency have access to every broadband fibre connection on the wholesale market; and what steps he is taking with industry representatives to help ensure that customers have a choice of provider across the South West.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Government is committed to delivering nationwide gigabit connectivity as soon as possible. Today, over 57% of premises in the South West - and 32% of premises in North Devon specifically - have access to a gigabit-capable network. By 2025 the government is targeting a minimum of 85% gigabit-capable coverage.

There is now a thriving market of over 80 providers rolling out gigabit-capable broadband all over the UK using a range of technologies, including full-fibre networks and fixed wireless solutions. This technology-neutral strategy means that not every premises in the South West - or specifically North Devon - will have coverage from every type of connection on the wholesale market when choosing a gigabit-capable service. In addition, State aid and Competition Law prevents the government from intervening directly in functioning markets such as telecoms. Whilst the government’s policy is to increase competition and investment in the telecoms market whilst lowering the barriers to entry, we cannot force providers to offer a service where it is not commercially-viable for them to do so.

In areas where network deployment is not commercially-viable and is supported directly by the government as part of Project Gigabit, contracts include requirements for the successful supplier to offer wholesale access over the subsidised network for up to 15 years after the network is built, and the procurement process differentiates suppliers on the choice of retail offerings they are able to bring. Further, DCMS is supporting various industry initiatives that are developing the wholesale market for smaller alternative network providers. Again, whilst the government can ensure winning bidders for its contracts offer wholesale access, it is a commercial decision for individual service providers themselves as to whether they wish to use these networks.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill

"It is a pleasure to speak in another debate on improving the nation’s connectivity. My hon. Friend the Minister is well aware of connectivity issues in places such as Ilfracombe in my constituency, as has been so well documented recently, so I very much welcome the steps that the Bill …..."
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