UK Parliament / Open data

Growth and Infrastructure Bill

Is there not a serious point in what the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, has just read out? The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, has quite correctly said that there has now got to be a large expansion of broadband into the rural areas. What the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, has cited is the experience so far of trying to introduce broadband more widely. Maybe my noble friend is thinking that it is a precautionary principle—that the Government are giving top priority

to the expansion of broadband. I think that the point that I tried to make in my comments, that it is important if we are coming back to this on Report, that we have a clearer answer on these points about the risks that may arise.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
742 c1573 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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