Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 20 June 2018.
I haven't had any conversation with the energy companies about smart meters. We have had some conversation with the industry round-table about getting energy to the masts themselves. But I agree entirely with Russell George's analysis that the lack of mobile coverage is a real issue for a whole range of services, including smart meters. Any number of services rely, increasingly these days, on data particularly, and he will know that we've been lobbying both the UK Government and Ofcom for a range of measures to be put in place to ensure that we can get decent amounts of mobile coverage from more than one operator across Wales, for exactly the reason that he outlines.