Clause 42
Housing and Regeneration Bill
10:00 am
Iain Wright (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Hartlepool, Labour)
I certainly hope so, too. I am pleased that my hon. Friend mentioned Ashram, because its representatives have been to see me. We talked about skilling specific diverse communities and about ensuring that in areas where black and minority ethnic communities, women and younger people are not involved in the careers that I mentioned they step up to the plate to ensure that they become involved. That is vital, so I am really encouraged and excited by what is going on and I want to see those things go forward. The academy is really good and will make still more progress when it is in the agency.