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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Wednesday Volume 501 25 November 2009 No. 5 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 25 November 2009 £5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2009 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Parliamentary Click-Use Licence, available online through the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/ Enquiries to the Office of Public Sector Information, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU; e-mail: [email protected] 513 25 NOVEMBER 2009 514 my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and House of Commons Arran (Ms Clark). In a letter I received from Ofcom, the regulator states: Wednesday 25 November 2009 “Ofcom does not have the power to mandate ISPs”— internet service providers. Surely that power is overdue, because otherwise, many of my constituents, along with The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock those of my colleagues, will continue to receive a poor broadband service. PRAYERS Mr. Murphy: My hon. Friend makes some very important points about the decision-making powers and architecture [MR.SPEAKER in the Chair] that will ensure we achieve 90 per cent. broadband penetration. We are trying to ensure that the market provides most of that, and we expect that up to two thirds—60 to 70 per cent.—of homes will be able to Oral Answers to Questions access super-fast broadband through the market. However, the Government will have to do additional things, and my hon. Friend can make the case for giving Ofcom SCOTLAND additional powers; but, again, we are absolutely determined that no one be excluded for reasons of geography or income. The Secretary of State was asked— Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD): Is the Secretary of Broadband State aware of The Press and Journal report today that, according to the Top 10 Broadband website, broadband speeds in Aberdeen and Inverness are running at about 1. Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab): half the rate of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and that BT What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy does not know why? Will he undertake to find out why, of broadband coverage in Scotland. [300124] and recognise that high-tech global industries operate out of Aberdeen and need to have the same access as 3. Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab): the best in the UK? What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of broadband coverage in Scotland. [300126] Mr. Murphy: The right hon. Gentleman, again, makes The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy): a really important point, and the issue of access to Scotland and the UK are ahead of most of Europe on broadband for business and domestic users is crucial. broadband availability. However, we recognise that some The figures that I have show, however, that despite that people do still have problems accessing broadband, and worrying report in the newspaper, Aberdeen is ahead of that is being addressed through the “Digital Britain” most Scottish cities. The fact is that less than half of White Paper. people in Dundee and Edinburgh have access to super-fast broadband, and less than one third have access in Ms Clark: I thank the Secretary of State for his Glasgow. Aberdeen is in a much stronger position, but answer. Is he aware of the particular difficulties in rural we are determined to ensure that there is universal areas? I carried out a survey in my constituency recently, access in Aberdeen and beyond. and on average 11 per cent. of those who responded said that they had difficulty receiving broadband. In Mr. Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP): Millport, the figure was 30 per cent. What can the What can the Government do to help or compel BT to Government do to intervene and ensure that the problem upgrade exchanges, especially in rural areas, to ensure is addressed quickly? greater broadband penetration for the islands of Scotland in particular? Mr. Murphy: My hon. Friend has raised these issues regularly and campaigned on them, and she is right to Mr. Murphy: I recently had the opportunity to visit draw out the point about people who are locked out of the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland, and the people digital broadband for reasons of geography or income— there raised those issues with me. It is important that whether in Millport, which I regularly enjoy visiting, or there be an upgrade for existing copper and wire networks, anywhere else throughout Scotland. We are determined but the Government are also committed to a 50 per that at least 90 per cent. of the country should have cent. levy on those with BT lines—[Interruption.] I access to super-fast broadband, and I am happy to have mean a 50p levy. [Interruption.] That is the tax at some more discussions with my hon. Friend about how we point in the future. There will be a 50p levy on those can ensure that that target is hit in her constituency. throughout the United Kingdom with a BT fixed line, and rural areas and island communities will benefit Mr. Donohoe: Does my right hon. Friend agree, however, from that. that Ofcom is perceived as a toothless tiger that requires more powers? I have campaigned on this issue with my Mr. Jim Hood (Lanark and Hamilton, East) (Lab): I hon. Friend the Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock wish to take the positive message from the Secretary of (Sandra Osborne), my right hon. Friend the Member State today. I had an open meeting in Lanark last week for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Des Browne) and, indeed, with voluntary organisations and small businesses in 515 Oral Answers25 NOVEMBER 2009 Oral Answers 516 my constituency, particularly those in the Clyde valley, Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD): TARA in so his statement today will be good news, but we should Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in the number of roll out the programme as quickly as we can. sex-trafficked women seeking its help. Sadly, the experience of large sporting events shows that the 2014 Commonwealth Mr. Murphy: My hon. Friend makes the point that, games could bring many more. Will the Minister ensure for many people throughout Scotland and the UK, that her Government work closely with the Holyrood access to super-fast broadband is about a way of life. A Government to share the experiences of and lessons decade or so ago, such infrastructure and technology from tackling this problem at the Olympics, to ensure was a luxury; today, it is increasingly a necessity. It is that we minimise this horrible crime during the crucial that no one, for reasons of geography or income, Commonwealth games? be locked out of those changes. Ann McKechin: The hon. Lady raises a genuine issue People Trafficking of concern, a concern which I share. There is already close co-operation between those organising the Commonwealth games to be held in Glasgow and the 2. Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con): What Olympic games to be held in London, and I am sure recent assessment he has made of the extent to which that the lessons learned about how we tackle this problem people are trafficked between Scotland and England. will be followed by colleagues in Scotland. [300125] Nuclear Waste The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Ann McKechin): The Secretary of State has made no 4. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) (Lab/Co-op): recent assessment of people trafficking between Scotland What recent discussions he has had with the First and England. Minister and Ministry of Defence officials on the storage of nuclear waste from the decommissioned Mr. Bone: That is rather disappointing. The Barnardo’s nuclear submarines moored at Rosyth; and if he will report, published last week, highlights the number of make a statement. [300127] young people who are trafficked within the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation. Will the Minister urge The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland a further review, so that more can be done to protect (Ann McKechin): Our Office is in frequent contact with those vulnerable people? the Ministry of Defence, and the MOD is in regular contact with Scottish Government officials regarding Ann McKechin: The hon. Gentleman rightly raises a this issue. No decisions on siting have yet been taken subject of great concern across the United Kingdom. I either for submarine dismantling or for waste storage. can assure him that there is close co-operation between all the police forces, including those in Scotland; of David Taylor: The hazardous life of some forms of course, this is a devolved function of the Scottish plutonium exceeds a quarter of a million years, so Government. There is a national referral mechanism thousands of generations of people in Ayrshire, Fife that is tracking child trafficking. Glasgow is one of the and Caithness may have to live with the presence of a 13 pilot areas that have been taking part in that project, toxic nuclear dump on their doorstep. Do these intolerable and we will have further information on its success later risks not show that the Trident programme should be next year. The Government give the highest priority to abandoned, not salami-sliced, and the £100 billion saved tackling this invidious crime and to ensuring that we invested in more socially useful projects in Scotland and arrest the perpetrators as soon as we possibly can. the rest of the United Kingdom? Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab): Is my hon. Ann McKechin: I can assure my hon. Friend that the Friend aware of the TARA—trafficking awareness-raising MOD is committed to a safe, secure and cost-effective alliance—project in Glasgow, which so far this year has solution regarding dismantling submarines.
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