Fifth Generation in North Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 10 October 2018.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:25, 10 October 2018

Earlier this year, leader of the house, I was in rural parts of western Kenya and I have to say, I was appalled at the fact that their mobile signal seemed to much better than it is in some parts of my own constituency in Clwyd West. So, I'm wondering what action you can take, given the devolved powers that you have over the permitted development rights in terms of the heights of the telephony masts that we have around Wales, to, actually, give a better opportunity for those masts to reach into some deep rural parts of the country in the future by lifting the height restrictions that are currently in place in terms of the planning system?