Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill

That was me talking about what we have done so far—just wait until I talk about what we need to d...

Will that assist those areas, of which there seem to be a great number in my constituency, where ...

It may well help, but the universal service obligation is the thing that will really help those p...

I welcome the Bill, which is essential for moving the country forward and making our businesses a...

The universal service obligation is in law to ensure that everybody can access the service by 202...

I want to refer back to the Minister’s remarks on the universal service obligation, which of cour...

I know when to take a compliment as a threat. The truth is that this all depends on the technolog...

I am grateful to the Minister for confirming that 100% of properties will have access to this by ...

We have said 10 megabits per second as a minimum, and that is Ofcom’s analysis of the needs of th...

I speak as someone whose constituency is one big roadworks, where a company called Gigaclear deli...

I can tell my right hon. Friend two things. The first is that we are committed to a business rate...

Does the Minister think the five-year period for business rates relief will be sufficient to ince...

First, there is no doubt that the five-year business rates holiday shows that we are reducing the...

May I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? It is a pleasure to see you in your rightfu...

Will the hon. Gentleman just remind us of the Labour party’s policy on corporation tax rates?

Absolutely. Labour would have increased corporation tax to pay for better public services, but ou...

Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that the reductions in corporation tax in the past few years ha...

As I said in answer to the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), it is a questi...

I will not give way, because we are talking about infrastructure.

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No, I have given way once to the hon. Lady, I will not do so again.

There is a further omis...

That is not the case. The Digital Economy Act 2017, which was the last Bill passed in the previou...

Well—[Interruption.] Exactly. As my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham West and Royton says, the M...

It is a serious frustration and we will use the powers.

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Will the hon. Lady to let me answer the Minister’s intervention before I take another?

I am...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way to one of the Back Benchers he mentions. Yes, many of u...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention, because, of course, it was not just the Gov...

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I am afraid that I have upset the hon. Gentleman by mentioning the word “Europe”.

The hon. Gentleman has to recognise that there is also a downside to EU involvement. I know that ...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I am not saying that everything was perfect with that sch...

I am grateful for the chance to speak under your chairmanship for the second time, Madam Deputy S...

May I disagree vigorously with my right hon. Friend by saying that it is not a boring point? It i...

I thank my hon. Friend for that point. In fact, although I welcome Virgin Media’s investment in c...

On behalf of my Plaid Cymru colleagues, may I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your ele...

I suppose I should apologise to the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government...

I know more about my hon. Friend’s life now than I did five minutes ago. The entire House still w...

I am going to tantalise the House still further by telling my right hon. Friend that it was infla...

I am reassured.

My hon. Friend says that she is relieved that it was something so entirely innocent and innocuous...

My hon. Friend mentions banks on the high street. Several branches in my constituency have shut a...

My hon. Friend makes my point far better than I could. She is absolutely right. The town of Sturm...

I did not use the word “relieved”; I said that I was reassured. Does my hon. Friend agree that ru...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Who among us has not visited an agricultural show or small bu...

It is a pleasure and an honour to follow my comrade and hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (...

My ears pricked up when the hon. Gentleman mentioned gin. Perhaps, in the interests of cross-part...

I have to confess that I was so taken with the small sample that I tried—I was driving—that I bou...

I had the great pleasure of being in my hon. Friend’s constituency yesterday, although I beg his ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He is very welcome to visit my constituency at any time. In f...

I suggest to my hon. Friend that his constituents might wish to do the former more often than the...

I think that is rather churlish of my hon. Friend, given how complimentary I have been about him....

Like several Members here, I have the pleasure of representing a beautiful and very rural constit...

Will my hon. Friend not add watching BBC Parliament so that all her constituents in Faversham and...

I thank my hon. Friend very much, although I doubt whether even one of my constituents is watchin...

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As the hon. Gentleman gave way to me, I will give way to him.

I merely wish to correct the record: at no stage have either I or the Labour party said that we w...

I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s putting the record straight, because I made an error in my note...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Was she as shocked as I was to hear the shadow Secr...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This point really is significant because as corporation tax r...

On the subject of large increases, given that the hon. Lady would be outraged by a 50% increase, ...

In some respects, the hon. Gentleman and I may agree, although not on the specifics of his point....

May I take my hon. Friend back to corporation tax? She is absolutely right that the reduction in ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I will return to the content of the Bill in a momen...

My hon. Friend and I both have residents and businesses that face the plight of HGV fly-parking. ...

Order. I am sure that the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately) will find an ing...

I could see the frown on your face, Madam Deputy Speaker. It might seem like a stretch to go from...

My hon. Friend is being very generous with her time, but before she moves away from 5G, I invite ...

I completely agree. As in his constituency, there are parts of my constituency that do not have 4...

While we are on the subject of notspots and blackout areas, does my hon. Friend agree that there ...

My hon. Friend has made an important point about the Bill’s focus on the infrastructure along rou...

Let me begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), although he is...

It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman), who is...

Does my hon. Friend agree that although her constituency, like mine, is not predominantly rural, ...

My hon. Friend is right, and I will come on to some specific issues later in my speech.

My ...

As always, it is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Ca...

Perhaps my nostalgia is greater than the hon. Lady’s, because I believe that my Nokia “brick” was...

I bow to the hon. Gentleman’s judgment on that one. Sadly, I did not have much chance to use the ...

Access to the internet is as important as electricity. If the lights go out and the power goes of...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Before entering this place, I worked in the optical industry,...

My hon. Friend will agree that the age disparity between young and old can be bridged through the...

Order. This Bill is for England and Wales, not for Scotland. That is the problem, so we need to d...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham) for makin...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), who ...

I do not apologise for reinforcing the important point, in case Opposition Members say it has alr...

As ever, my hon. Friend makes an important and cogent point. He is right to champion the interest...

May I take my hon. Friend from Hampshire to Dorset and endorse what he is saying? He is advocatin...

My hon. Friend makes an important further contribution to this debate and is right in what he say...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the important points he is making about the combination of lo...

I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He is right: this is all part of the competitive nature th...

My hon. Friend mentioned the fact that copper wires can be degraded by age and distance, but volu...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that copper’s capacity is insufficient for today’s challenges....

Order. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman will have to sit down for a second. We cannot both be o...

Mr Deputy Speaker, filibuster never. I am informing the nation.

Yes, but it has got to be on the subject that we are discussing. We will be talking about cricket...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Mr Deputy Speaker suggests that this is a fi...

The worry is that I have heard too much already.

Mr Deputy Speaker, you are very, very kind, but I shall be bringing my remarks to a close very sh...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point on the topic of infrastructure around railways and roa...

I have a good suggestion for the House: I think you should put in for an Adjournment debate on th...

Mr Deputy Speaker, as ever, you make an excellent suggestion. I will speak to the hon. Gentleman ...

Order. I have a slight problem. I did not expect to have to bring in a time limit—[Interruption.]...

The words will ring in my ears: filibuster never, inform the nation always. That is a lesson for ...

Order. I will give you an extra lesson—[Interruption.] You will have to take your seat for a seco...

Of course, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you very much for that kind reminder.

This Bill matters...

As my hon. Friend knows, my 92-year-old aunt lives in Kimpton, and he is speaking eloquently on h...

I agree. It is important for people to be connected to friends and family; the converse situation...

Order.

Mr Deputy Speaker, I am coming to a conclusion.

No, it is not that. I am trying to be helpful. I am bothered about time. I would like us to discu...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Forgive me, but this is my very first point of order, and...

Don’t worry—I can help you. I am very bothered about the length of time and the number of speaker...

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I will make the rulings. You can listen to my rulings, and we can have a discussion later if we n...

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker.

In closing, I should say that the Bill is a signifi...

It is a great pleasure to follow the many distinguished speakers in this debate, who have made so...

Before I call Mr Tomlinson, I want to help him by saying that he might want to take a few pages o...

I am very grateful to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for your guidance and for your earlier ruling, whic...

Order. If it is helpful I can make the limit eight minutes to give someone else more time.

My meaning is the exact opposite. I am very grateful to you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

It is a gre...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak for longer.

It is a pl...

It is a pleasure to be the last Back Bencher to be called in the debate, which has been incredibl...

My hon. Friend describes a constituency that is different from mine, but in many ways we have sim...

My hon. Friend is right: urban areas, as well as rural ones, will not continue to regenerate with...

Have my hon. Friend’s council and the council in Brighton introduced in their planning requiremen...

I do not believe those councils have, but my hon. Friend touches on another issue. I am referring...

I am much enjoying the hon. Gentleman’s dilation. There is no prohibition on him dilating a littl...

You are very kind, Mr Speaker. That is helpful, although I think part of what you said was perhap...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will of course give way to a man who is anything but illogical.

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Has he not once again powerfully shown the b...

I thank my hon. Friend for reminding me of the Laffer curve, a term I have not heard since I was ...

The Opposition welcome this Bill. It is vital that our homes and businesses have access to broadb...

We have had an interesting and, at times, wide-ranging debate on this important Bill. It is good ...

This is an important point, which I have raised in points of order and through other mechanisms i...

As I said to the hon. Gentleman in my response to his comments, this Government are absolutely co...

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I am not going to give way; I am going to make some progress. On regular revaluations, I just wan...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have stood at this Dispatch Box on a number of occasions in th...

The answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question is that if he does not at first succeed, he must try,...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Let me move on to contributions made by other right hon. and hon. Me...

The Minister mentions rural areas; could he reference my constituency, Wealden? Broadband is impe...

I concur with my hon. Friend. My hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnso...

Order. I am sure that the Minister is very flattered. The House cannot wait to hear more of the o...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

This is one of several measures that we are taking on both broadband...

Order. If, inexplicably, some Members do not wish to hear the debate on the future of the King Ge...