The hon. Gentleman has to recognise that there is also a downside to EU involvement. I know that my right hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey) struggled for a long time with EU state aid rules and the roll-out of broadband and, certainly for small businesses, had to come up with a slightly Heath Robinson-esque scheme of vouchers to get around the rules. If anything, they hampered roll-out rather than assisting.
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kit Malthouse
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 July 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill.
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