Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:00 pm on 22 February 2016.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
3:00,
22 February 2016
My noble friend raises the important issue for the housing industry of both brickies and bricks. The Government have been very mindful of that: the DCLG and BIS are working with the Construction Leadership Council to review what skills the industry needs. The research that my noble friend mentions shows that more than 100,000 new jobs were created in England in the past year. We want to go further than that and encourage people who want to go into the industry to be able to do so, in line with our other ambition of creating 3 million apprentices by 2020.