Scotland’s Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Plan

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of Scotland’s Digital Future - Infrastructure Action Plan and the commitment to world class, future-proofed infrastructure that will deliver digital connectivity across the whole of Scotland by 2020; recognises that putting this infrastructure in place will make a real difference to the way people in Scotland live and work, including how they access public services; agrees that achieving the ambition will require the Scottish Government to work in partnership with local authorities to deliver committed and coordinated action across the whole of Scotland; calls on the private sector to work in partnership with the public sector  to deliver open access future-proofed infrastructure and to support measures to increase take-up and participation in the digital economy, and calls on the UK Government to make available the right levels of funding to meet the challenges of delivering infrastructure in rural and remote areas of Scotland, to ensure that mobile 2G and 3G not spots are addressed in Scotland and that the roll-out of 4G in Scotland at least matches the UK average.