Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 June 2017.
Matthew Hancock
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Policy)
12:00,
29 June 2017
I absolutely understand the frustration of people running businesses in the hon. Lady’s Constituency and others. Getting access to high-speed broadband up to over 93% has been a big and positive task, but we clearly want to make it available to all premises in the country. That is why we legislated for the universal service obligation, and I look forward to ensuring that it happens.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
