Demand Broadband

EDM number 1407 in 2001-02, proposed by Chris Smith on 10/06/2002.

That this House applauds the launch of the CWU's Demand Broadband campaign which aims to raise the profile of the critical importance of broadband to Britain's economic and social well being; shares the CWU's belief that Broadband Britain provides the cutting edge for a modernising economy; notes that accessibility to broadband has improved considerably in the United Kingdom with around 65 per cent. of the country able to access broadband services but that there are only around 600,000 subscribers - less than 3 per cent. of domestic households; further notes that in February 2001 the Government set itself a target for broadband: to make the United Kingdom the most competitive and extensive broadband market in the G7 by 2005; supports the Governments commitment to rapid broadband roll-out and take-up but agrees with the CWU that the industry is unlikely to deliver universal access to broadband services and that there are risks in leaving this solely to the market, albeit with regulation, to deliver; and calls for wider consideration of how to ensure there are sufficient regulatory and commercial incentives in place to speed up broadband provision, whether a major education and awareness programme to publicise the benefits of broadband is required, whether one of OFCOM's strategic objectives to be included within the new Communications Bill should be the widespread provision of affordable access to broadband services and to what extent the substantial purchasing power of central and local government should be used, for example by making a commitment to connect every school, college, library, jobcentre and hospital in the country to broadband.

This motion has been signed by a total of 89 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Smith	10/06/2002	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Proposed
Mike Gapes	10/06/2002	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	10/06/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Davidson	10/06/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/06/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/06/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	10/06/2002	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	10/06/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	11/06/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	11/06/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	11/06/2002	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/06/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/06/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	11/06/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	11/06/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/06/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/06/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	11/06/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	11/06/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/06/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	11/06/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	11/06/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/06/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	11/06/2002	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/06/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	12/06/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	12/06/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jon Trickett	12/06/2002	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	12/06/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	12/06/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/06/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	12/06/2002	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	12/06/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	12/06/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	12/06/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/06/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/06/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/06/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/06/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/06/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	13/06/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	13/06/2002	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/06/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Todd	13/06/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/06/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/06/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	13/06/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	13/06/2002	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/06/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	13/06/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	13/06/2002	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/06/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/06/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	13/06/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	17/06/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/06/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/06/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	17/06/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	18/06/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	18/06/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	18/06/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	18/06/2002	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
John McFall	18/06/2002	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Mann	18/06/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	18/06/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	18/06/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/06/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	19/06/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/06/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/06/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	20/06/2002	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/06/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	20/06/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	20/06/2002	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	21/06/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Laws	26/06/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	26/06/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	26/06/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	27/06/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/07/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	02/07/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/07/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Joe Benton	10/07/2002	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	10/07/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	15/07/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	17/07/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	23/07/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/07/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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