I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman experiences the same as I do in Northumberland, where one of the best sources of growth for rural areas is the setting up of small businesses in relatively remote locations, but where those who set up businesses in the hope of being able to use the internet are now being out-competed by people with faster internet services.
Rural Broadband and Mobile Coverage
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beith
(Liberal Democrat)
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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