My right hon. Friend does not make a wholly unreasonable point, but ultimately that money is going into an incredibly rapid roll-out of 5G. In rural areas in particular, we are seeing the industry putting in half a billion pounds of its own money alongside half a billion pounds of Government money to get to some of those hardest to reach places, so I fundamentally do not accept his premise, which is that the industry is not investing as it should. I would like the Government to go even further to see even more investment. He is right to focus on some of the small areas that rely on this income. However, that cannot be the main economic driver for the roll-out of 5G.
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Matt Warman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.
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