Universal Broadband Obligation

EDM number 453 in 2008-09, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 14/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Telecommunications.

That this House notes that many people in the United Kingdom are still without access to broadband; recognises that high-speed internet access is the passport to the information society and an essential condition for economic growth; welcomes moves by both the EU and the Government to look at the possibility of introducing a universal broadband service; and calls on the Government to work with BT to ensure that all residents and businesses in the UK have access to broadband through a universal broadband obligation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.