Better Connectivity

We need to strive for excellent connectivity, both physical and virtual – in areas such as transport links, mobile phone coverage and high speed broadband. Penrith and The Border is a vast and sparsely-populated constituency. Communities need effective linkages and I will champion these issues including: improving road access and conditions, improving train links, protecting and improving rural bus services and improving digital connectivity.

News

Herald Column: July

Monday, 12 July, 2021

My thoughts are with the staff, students and friends of Newton Rigg as we approach the sad formal closure of the College site by Askham Bryan.

Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes the Shared Rural network which is set to improve mobile phone coverage in Penrith and The Border and across the North West

Tuesday, 29 June, 2021

Penrith and The Border MP, Dr Neil Hudson, was pleased to see today’s announcement on the Shared Rural Network (SRN) which is a key plank in the government’s plans to improve mobile phone coverage across the UK.

Dr Neil Hudson MP speaks on Radio 4’s Today Programme about the importance of Rural Bus Services in Cumbria

Tuesday, 1 June, 2021

Please find the piece on rural buses services between 44.45 and 49.06 at the following link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000wl32

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Dr Neil Hudson MP applauds Queen’s Speech which focuses on investment and bouncing back from pandemic

Monday, 17 May, 2021

Penrith and The Border MP Dr Neil Hudson has welcomed the Queen’s Speech, which focused on creation of jobs, as well as protecting the country’s health, following the extraordinary past year spent battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Neil Hudson MP highlights the benefits of walking and cycling for health and Cumbrian tourism and presses the case for re-opening Gilsland Station with Transport Minister

Thursday, 29 April, 2021

During a House of Commons Transport questions session earlier today, Dr Neil Hudson MP questioned the Minister of State for Transport on the promotion of cycling and walking.

Cumbria to benefit as Government launches new £5bn ‘Project Gigabit’

Friday, 19 March, 2021

Cumbria set to be one of the first areas to benefit from £5bn government funding for fastest broadband connections to help recovery from the pandemic, growth and levelling up

Dr Neil Hudson MP urges Cumbria County Council to use the Government support available to improve rural bus services in the County

Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

In the Transport Secretary’s statement on England’s National Bus Strategy on 15th March in the House of Commons, Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, welcomed the strategy but also used the opportunity to urge Cumbria County Council to use the available funds to improve bus provision.

MP Welcomes £3 billion bus revolution to benefit passengers across Penrith and The Border

Monday, 15 March, 2021

Passengers across Penrith and The Border will benefit from a new National Bus Strategy, which will deliver the most ambitious reform to the sector in generations.

Dr Neil Hudson MP welcomes that 8 new phone mast sites have been proposed for Penrith and The Border

Wednesday, 17 February, 2021

As part of a deal between 02, Vodafone and Three, 222 mobile masts will be built across the UK to boost mobile coverage.
Eight sites are provisionally ear-marked for Penrith and The Border

MP backs call for Commons Aviation Debate and shows support for Carlisle Lake District Airport

Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

Dr Neil Hudson MP for Penrith and The Border has joined Huw Merriman MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee, and 130 MPs in an application for a Commons Debate on job losses across the aviation sector. This cross party application has been successful in securing a debating slot.