6. 5. Statement: Superfast Broadband — The Next Steps

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:39 pm on 8 November 2016.

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Photo of Hannah Blythyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 4:39, 8 November 2016

I welcome the Minister’s further update to Members on this issue. I should be familiar with, and I’ve raised before, access to superfast broadband is something of significance to constituencies and businesses in Delyn. However, I recognise the lead that the Welsh Government has taken in rolling out and ensuring access to superfast broadband, in spite of the logistical challenges that my inbox and my postbag make me all too aware of, with the Government on track to enable 96 per cent of properties in Wales to connect to superfast broadband by 2017—something that the other nations won’t be able to match. You’ll be aware that this potentially brings huge social and economic benefits for businesses and citizens in what is increasingly the digital world that we live in. Can I ask, Minister, with respect to the open market review and consultation outlined in your statement, I’d urge that this reaches out across the country and communities in order to meet the needs and ever-growing expectations of the future.