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Electronic Communications Code

Debate on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Percy. The answering member was Lord Vaizey of Didcot.
Motion that this House has considered mobile phone coverage and the Electronic Communications Code. Motion lapsed.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
603 cc310-9WH 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Andrew Percy | 603 c310WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered mobile phone coverage and the Electronic Comm...

Ian Lucas | 603 c310WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate, and I agree entirely on that last p...


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Andrew Percy | 603 c311WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, although in fairness the mobile coverage checker that has...

Chris Davies | 603 c311WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. It is great to hear about his trip to Canada, bu...

Andrew Percy | 603 cc311-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I think that was an intervention to ask permission for another intervention, which I am sure the ...

Simon Hart | 603 c312WH (Link to this contribution)

In many respects, would it not almost be better in some areas to have no coverage or complete cov...

Andrew Percy | 603 c312WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a valid and important point. I completely agree: the arguments that apply to...

Julian Sturdy | 603 c312WH (Link to this contribution)

Is it not correct that rents on rural phone masts are much lower than those on urban phone masts?...

Andrew Percy | 603 cc312-3WH (Link to this contribution)

I suspect that the situation changes from site to site. The problem with many of the rural masts ...

Graham Stuart | 603 cc313-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and to follow my doughty colleague,...

Graham Stuart | 603 c314WH (Link to this contribution)

I am led, as ever, by my hon. Friend the Minister.

Chris Davies | 603 c314WH (Link to this contribution)

Although I fully agree with my hon. Friend about the size of masts, big is not always beautiful—t...

Graham Stuart | 603 cc314-5WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Under the code, mobile operators have to pay about £8,366 per...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 603 c315WH (Link to this contribution)

It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I hope that I live up to ...

James Cartlidge | 603 c315WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister give way on constituency progress?

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 603 c315WH (Link to this contribution)

If my hon. Friend has a positive point to make, I will give way.

James Cartlidge | 603 c315WH (Link to this contribution)

We had three masts in South Suffolk under the mobile infrastructure project and the experience wa...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 603 c316WH (Link to this contribution)

I will take that as a positive point, because it helps me to make some of the arguments that I wa...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 603 c316WH (Link to this contribution)

If my hon. Friend has a positive point, I will give way.

Nigel Huddleston | 603 c316WH (Link to this contribution)

I think this could be positive. I agree with the Minister that massive progress has been made on ...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 603 cc317-8WH (Link to this contribution)

We work with Ofcom to record what we regard as a notspot or partial notspot. We have an agreed si...

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