Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 03 February 2011
03 Feb 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
Broadband (Speed Target)
General Questions
We are continuing to press on all fronts. The message that we got from Ed Vaizey today was very much that the UK Government is looking to ensure that we have improved infrastructure as part of the move to a speed of 2 megabits per second. The member makes a telling point about broadband coverage across Scotland. We also made sure that the point was well understood that we do not want to pay twice for our broadband, and that the 95, 96 or 98 per cent coverage of the UK should also be of the component parts of the UK.
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