Improving Mobile Phone Coverage in Mid Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 27 November 2018.

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Photo of Russell George Russell George Conservative 1:52, 27 November 2018

Thank you for your answer, leader of the house. Of course, the mobile action plan that you talk about hasn't delivered any concrete actions to date. We've seen planning policy updated and guidance updated in Scotland and in England as well. That's helped to prepare the way for 5G deployment and has helped to speed up the process for new mobile phone masts. A report that you commissioned on permitted development rights with respect to mobile telecommunications recommends an increase in the height of mobile masts to 20m or 25m, despite the fact that you've previously said that there's no evidence to support this. Can you update us on the status of implementing these recommendations, and commit to a public date when these reforms will be delivered?