Dr Ben Spencer

Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative — Runnymede and Weybridge

Speaking in the House of Commons on 12 November 2025

Debate

Broadband Coverage

Contribution

Increased gigabit coverage means more people accessing essential services online and an increasing need for cyber-security measures and a strong, open UK market for cloud services. Following recent outages, what assessment has the Minister made of the risk to Government digital services due to their refusal to diversify supply away from US big tech and instead support UK small and medium-sized enterprises?

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