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“I should say for the record it is an advert from SSE, rather than “Politico” saying that.”

“Yes. Sorry, a slightly different tack—we were just talking about how we got this into this session. We have been talking about locational pricing, a more macro issue that is currently under review. Every morning when I listened to “London Playbook” from “Politico”, the advert was, “Locational pricing will stall clean e…”

“Louise, I cut you off only because it was a specific question I had down, just so that we capture it in order. Do you have some thoughts on the specific support needed to help people in more deprived parts of the country to participate in community energy, please.”

“I am going to ask, more generally, whether there are any other Government incentives or mechanisms that are in consultation that would help to bring forward more community energy schemes. To add to that, is there any learning we should do from outside the UK on incentives or mechanisms that have helped to drive communi…”

“Does anybody else want to comment on that?”

“Just one more from me then. In our evidence, we received proposals for a hub-and-spoke model to facilitate knowledge exchange. You have all talked about sharing information and mapping as a critical thing here. Is there a risk, though, that a hub-and-spoke model could duplicate the existing work of mayoral authorities,…”

“I should say for the record it is an advert from SSE, rather than “Politico” saying that.”

“Yes. Sorry, a slightly different tack—we were just talking about how we got this into this session. We have been talking about locational pricing, a more macro issue that is currently under review. Every morning when I listened to “London Playbook” from “Politico”, the advert was, “Locational pricing will stall clean e…”

“When you say “reliable”, you mean the Government will not change that at a later stage?”

“I am going to ask, more generally, whether there are any other Government incentives or mechanisms that are in consultation that would help to bring forward more community energy schemes. To add to that, is there any learning we should do from outside the UK on incentives or mechanisms that have helped to drive communi…”

“Does anybody else want to comment on that?”

“I wondered whether either of you would like to come in on that. If not, I will ask my final question.”

“Can I ask a question about the existing workforce? We have seen in evidence that under the last Government adult learning dropped by nearly 50%. Funding for adult learning was down at least 30% under the previous Government. What do the new Government need to do in terms of practical steps to help to prepare the existi…”

“That is really interesting. In the short term, Government have the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, and have been relatively clear with industry about what they are looking for. We heard in evidence last week that, for emergent technologies and that longer-term pipeline, there is still a lot of uncertainty. I will ask thi…”

“On that, and to slightly play devil’s advocate, most suppliers or trade bodies would say that they have already done that work. They have set that out, produced White Papers and policy documents and told Government what they need. They now need the skills and the people to deliver what they have told Government. Where …”

“I am going to ask you some questions about career pathways. It was quite interesting, in looking at the early submissions we have had, that there is not a single common view. Some submissions have said that the existing workforce is enough to deliver transition and clean energy. Some have said that we should be focusin…”

“Just for my clarity, because I do not know how the data is captured, if you are a customer service team working for a clean energy provider, does that count as a green job? Is that how Government are defining green jobs? Does a green job become something where you are an engineer or a technical person doing something? …”

“It is interesting to hear you picking up on town gas. I recognise that we need to learn from that. From reading the evidence we have had so far, we have a real challenge of a smaller ageing workforce who are leaving the profession and a much bigger challenge, potentially, of bringing new people into industry. Can you t…”

“Professor Robson, you have partly answered this already, so apologies for going over the same ground. You talked about the demand side and the need to redesign, but to what extent can we rely on employers and professional bodies alone to meet the training demand for what is a much larger appropriately skilled workforce…”

“Do the Government have their priorities right on where they go with supporting supply chains? There is a clear message around Clean Power 2030. There is a very clear message around housebuilding. They arguably use a lot of the same construction and engineering supply chains. We have seen announcements on aviation, whic…”