ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

Early day motion 50, tabled 23 November 2004 by Michael Fabricant (Conservative). Signed by 64 members.

That this House calls on the Government to acknowledge that, while it has announced that broadband coverage is approaching 95 per cent. of the population, it is still mainly at data speeds which are so slow that in other countries they would not be recognised as being broadband; notes that less than half the population has access to the internet in their homes; further notes that information technology skills in the UK are the lowest in the most recent OECD list of skills in developed countries; and calls on the Government to be less complacent and self-congratulatory about the development of broadband in Britain.

Signatures by party: Conservative 55, DUP 4, Independent Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.