I'd like to thank Paul Davies for allowing me a minute of his time in this debate today. It remains the case that 13 per cent of premises in Montgomeryshire are unable to receive decent broadband connectivity, and the urban-rural divide only frustrates people all the more. What frustrates people further is when they see infrastructure hanging from poles but not being able to access that infrastructure—so near but yet so far.

The Deputy Minister will, no doubt, talk about phase 2 of the project, but I would point out that 10,000 premises in Montgomeryshire are yet to receive any kind of superfast broadband. Only 11 per cent of those 10,000 properties—just 11 per cent—will be serviced by phase 2; 89 per cent will not be. So, it would be useful if the Welsh Government could confirm now that they will consider providing financial assistance to meet the excess cost in part or in full if the cost of providing broadband to a property is above the universal service obligation cost threshold of £3,400.

Paul Davies invited you to his constituency to speak to constituents about broadband issues. I would like to offer the same invitation myself to Montgomeryshire. I thank Paul Davies for using his time in this short debate today to highlight the plight of broadband when it comes to issues in rural Wales.