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Digital Divide In Rural Areas

EDM number 1549 in 2006-07, proposed by Nick Harvey on 23/05/2007.

That this House notes that residents in Devon can only receive a mobile telephone signal by standing on a bench behind a public toilet; recognises that this is symptomatic of a digital divide in rural areas of the UK, and in particular in South West England, where only 55 per cent. of homes have access to the Internet; and believes that future mobile services must combine both satellite and ground components so that everybody, regardless of location, can have better access to essential services, timely information and the economic benefits of 21st century communications.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nick Harvey23/05/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratProposed
Derek Wyatt23/05/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSeconded
Richard Younger-Ross23/05/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Dan Rogerson23/05/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones24/05/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn24/05/2007Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle04/06/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock04/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming04/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/06/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale11/06/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Phil Willis11/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew12/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Jo Swinson12/06/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans13/06/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Beith17/07/2007Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling24/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned

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