Build Back Better

Part of 4. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his European Transition Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 12:42 pm on 15 July 2020.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 12:42, 15 July 2020

Well, I do absolutely accept that the difference in the work patterns that we've seen over the last few weeks, if they are to be sustained, will change the demands on our digital infrastructure, and it has an impact that could be quite pervasive, really, in terms of residential development and all sorts of other issues around geography.

The broadband investments that we've made as a Government have been made in order to plug gaps in the UK Government's failure to reach the parts of Wales that we would have hoped that they had done. That has been our approach. It's been a successful approach. What I think needs to happen is a UK-wide investment commitment from the UK Government to upgrade our infrastructure in a way that benefits all parts of the UK equally, and I hope that is something that we'll see coming forward in future.