Emergency Services Network

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 2021.

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Photo of Andrew Bowie Andrew Bowie Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. Like my hon. Friend Craig Williams, many communities in my Constituency, in particular around Auchenblae, Drumtochty and the wider Mearns area, remain unable to get an adequate phone signal or even any at all. Having been promised that the emergency services network would contribute to solving that issue, many are still to be connected to decent 4G services. May I ask what the delay seems to be in opening up mobile telephone masts to commercial operators, as was initially planned?

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