Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Susan Murray and Chris Bryant

Wednesday 26th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Chris Bryant]

The shared rural network will reach its targets. The right hon. Member makes a very good point, which is that, frankly, the connectivity that people think they are getting from Ofcom is simply not what they are actually getting. Their phone looks as though it has lots of bars and is saying 4G, but they cannot even download an app to park their car. We have to transform that across the whole of the UK. In the end, most of that is down to the industry, and I want to make sure that we remove some of the barriers to further investment in the industry to improve mobile connectivity for every single Member of the House.

[Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire) (LD)]

5. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that smaller platforms are adequately regulated to protect children from online harms.