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Broadband (North of England)

Does the hon. Lady not agree that the UK has the highest uptake of superfast broadband across the whole of the EU? Superfast North Yorkshire is a prime example of a beacon of success, showing how to deliver superfast broadband across the north and in rural areas. The issue with rural areas, of course, is their rurality, which makes it hard to bridge that last bit. That is why we need the investment in new technologies, which is what the Government are doing.