Early Day Motion·EDM 1028

SUPERFAST BROADBAND IN CUMBRIA

17 November 20102 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

Motion Text

That this House believes that fast broadband services are vital to ensuring universal internet access; notes that many rural areas such as Cumbria do not have access to such services; maintains that urgent action is needed by broadband suppliers to provide better services to those in rural areas; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to ensure everyone has access by right to broadband speeds of at least two megabits per secondby 2015.