Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 28 February 2018.
All credit to you for managing to find different answers to all the questions on broadband today and different statistics. I think your file will be running out soon.
As my colleague Russ George said earlier in questions to you, many families in rural areas dropped off the Superfast Cymru scheme originally, which was very disappointing. Can you update us on your assessment of the potential for using new technologies to plug the remaining gaps, such as the use of tv white space, which a company in Monmouthshire has been trialling? Also, the 4G network has got capacity that could be used for broadband. And, following on from all that, have you considered whether it might be appropriate to devolve some more funding to local authorities directly so that they can come up with bespoke, localised solutions that will drill down and address the broadband gaps specifically located in their areas?