Cherilyn Mackrory, Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth has joined the All Party Parliamentary Group on Broadband and Digital Communication to continue pushing for better connectivity on digital in Cornwall.
Cherilyn said:
“I am delighted to continue my predecessor Sarah Newton’s fight to get Cornwall better connected in my job as Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth.”
“The All Party Parliamentary Group for Broadband and Digital Communications is a group of MPs from various political parties who work together to further the roll out of broadband in rural and urban areas, and to look at digital communication across the UK.”
“In our Truro and Falmouth constituency there are a lot of rural areas, and technological infrastructure such as broadband networks costs more to roll out in these areas due to geographical challenges. Although coverage is better than it has ever been previously, there are still areas of poor or no service and I will be pleased to work with colleagues from across Parliament to end these.”
“The Government is already making strides to improve digital infrastructure in rural areas. In November the Prime Minister unveiled plans for a Shared Rural Network in a visit to our constituency, which will see the government working with mobile phone providers to provide additional coverage to 280,000 homes and businesses and 16,000km of roads, virtually eradicating the not-spots that exist in some rural areas – where “No Service” plagues mobile phones. I welcome this but am keen to keep up the campaign for better broadband for our rural areas. Joining groups like this will enable me to work with like-minded colleagues to continue to do so.”