Lucy Allan, MP for Telford, has joined more than 100 cross-party MPs and Peers by co-signing an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, urging him to continue investing in fixed and mobile broadband as part of the Spending Review and in the future.
The letter was co-ordinated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Broadband and Digital Communication, which campaigns amongst other things for better broadband, and follows a recent Backbench Business debate on the matter.
In the letter, the Parliamentarians say:
“We urge you to consider the importance of continued state investment in both mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure as part of the Spending Review, so that the digital divide does not widen and deepen, and so that we can provide the same digital opportunities to everyone in the UK, regardless of where they live.
“Continued investment will ensure that we will not split the super-connected from those for whom the 21st century economy is another country. We urge you to invest in creating one digital nation.”
Commenting on signing the letter to the Chancellor, Lucy Allan MP said: “I was eager to put my name to this letter calling for continued investment in broadband. One of my key campaign pledges was to improve Telford’s digital links and raising this at the highest level of government will hopefully enable this. For Telford to thrive we need an infrastructure that is fully fit for the 21st century.”