The Superfast Cymru Project in Islwyn

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 3:02 pm on 28 February 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 3:02, 28 February 2018

We've got, as I said, a 92 per cent completion rate at the moment. I'm not too sure if that's actually Islwyn, because it's across Caerphilly; we don't hold them in constituency boundaries in that way. But, as I said earlier, we plan to introduce an additional novel scheme that supports communities that demonstrate tangible demand, particularly targeting communities that are not currently covered by suppliers in response to the successor scheme that was outlined by Mark Isherwood in his earlier question. So, if Rhianon Passmore knows of any specific communities that have that issue, I'd be more than happy to come and visit them with her. Otherwise, I'm sure that most parts of Islwyn will be picked up under the successor programme by the companies that are currently expressing an interest.