Rural Broadband Debate

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Rural Broadband

Thérèse Coffey Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con)
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On that point, I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. There is a risk that the Treasury will demand a high price now, but it will cost a fortune later, when we are reliant on delivery of services, as he described, through the use of mobile broadband. The cost of putting in extra provision then will cost the country so much money that we will be told that we cannot afford to do it.

Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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Does anyone else wish to intervene on mobiles?