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“Dr Howard, the same question. We would be interested in your perspective on this.”

“Finally, Mr Berry, in addition to what the Government are doing and what they are planning to do, is there something on top of that that you would expect to see to make a meaningful difference?”

“Would you say that existing qualifications and training are not enough to achieve the target of 1.5 million new houses?”

“It will take some time for the Government to bring those new measures forward and in the meantime, there is a skills gap.”

“Yes, education and skills.”

“Earlier, you said that postgraduates leaving education need lots of training to be useful in ecology. Does something need to be done to university education or is it appropriate enough and you would then do lots of training with them to get them ready?”

“I have some questions on qualifications and training. To what extent do current qualifications and training programmes equip us to meet the demands of England’s housing and nature restoration targets? Maybe I can start first with Sue Searle.”

“Mr Berry, perhaps the same question to you but perhaps with a focus on the housing targets part rather than the ecology part.”

“Yes, education and skills.”

“It will take some time for the Government to bring those new measures forward and in the meantime, there is a skills gap.”

“Would you say that existing qualifications and training are not enough to achieve the target of 1.5 million new houses?”

“Finally, Mr Berry, in addition to what the Government are doing and what they are planning to do, is there something on top of that that you would expect to see to make a meaningful difference?”

“Dr Howard, the same question. We would be interested in your perspective on this.”

“My final question to Dr Howard. Is there sufficient read-across between ecological and planning and construction qualifications? If not, how can this be improved? Sue may also want to answer that. Maybe I will start with Dr Howard.”

“Do you have any final reflections on that, Ms Searle?”

“Thank you very much, all of you. Thank you, Chair.”

“I have some questions on qualifications and training. To what extent do current qualifications and training programmes equip us to meet the demands of England’s housing and nature restoration targets? Maybe I can start first with Sue Searle.”

“Mr Berry, perhaps the same question to you but perhaps with a focus on the housing targets part rather than the ecology part.”

“I declare an interest: I am a Central Bedfordshire councillor. It is important that the boundary commission delivers electoral arrangements that provide strong local representation throughout English devolution. Will the hon. Member assure the House that resources available to the commission with be sufficient to ensur…”

“Under these proposals, foreign criminals will be deported after serving 30% of their sentence, which I appreciate is an improvement. The public want them to be deported right away—does the Lord Chancellor?”