18 April 2013
Speaking in the House of Commons, Harriett Baldwin highlights an event in Pershore on 10th May to help rural villages find out how they can get superfast internet speeds using alternative technologies. Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): Commercial firms and Worcestershire county council are making excellent progress in rolling out superfast broadband in Worcestershire. In addition, villages in my constituency such as Overbury, Little Witley and Martley have come up with innovative rural solutions. Will the Minister welcome an event that I am holding in Pershore on 10 May to demonstrate those alternative technologies to some of the rural communities that are in the last 10%? Mr Vaizey: I have worked closely with my hon. Friend on some of the community projects that she has championed in her constituency. If her constituents are watching this morning, I can tell them that they have no more doughty champion. She stops me at every possible occasion to raise these issues. She and I have worked together to push through the bureaucracy and get these innovative community projects up and running, so of course I welcome them. | Hansard