While my hon. Friend is on the subject of investment in broadband paying for itself, does he agree that part of the significance of the measure—the Government are to be congratulated on the investment—is that every pound that we spend on rural broadband will pay back UK plc in spades? In my constituency, where coverage is extremely poor, communities are waiting for the opportunity to start businesses back in villages and drive a model of sustainable development. The investment will pay for itself; we merely need to think about how we recoup that benefit and use it to invest in infrastructure.
Rural Broadband and Mobile Coverage
Proceeding contribution from
George Freeman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 19 May 2011.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Rural Broadband and Mobile Coverage.
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