Speeches by Hobhouse.

“Indeed. We have already heard this today, but we must have a mandatory code of conduct. I have one constituent who was hit with a £100 fine by a private company, despite having spent the entire time parked in the business that owns the car park. When she went to the Independent Appeals Service—as some people dare to do…”

“On a recent visit to the breast unit of the Royal United hospital in Bath, specialists told me about a red flag system that could help to speed up care. If someone has a red flag symptom, such as a lump or a bleeding nipple, the triage team can book them straight into the breast clinic, rather than waiting to see a GP.…”

“Parking regulations are not about where we leave our cars, but about how we shape our communities, support our local economies and respond to the climate crisis. When done well, they should enhance our communities, not stifle them. They should be not a revenue source, but a planning tool to balance environmental priori…”

“I am trying to understand how I should think about it. They are given the heat pumps and are told, “Install it in your house”?”

“Do you think that having a heat pump that you can mess around with in some sort of small employer’s place, where people can try it out and see what works and does not work, would really make a difference? Is that what you are saying?”

“This section is a little bit about required skills levels and widening participation. The Committee has already sort of established in a previous session that, ultimately, raising standards is not really the issue around recruitment. Would you agree? There are other reasons why recruitment in the sector can be tricky, …”

“But should they not then also write a write-up of what went wrong—a script for people to avoid the mistakes they have made? Should that not be part of it?”

“This section is a little bit about required skills levels and widening participation. The Committee has already sort of established in a previous session that, ultimately, raising standards is not really the issue around recruitment. Would you agree? There are other reasons why recruitment in the sector can be tricky, …”

“Yes, for the green construction future.”

“For under-represented groups, or the long-term unemployed, is there anything you would seek in order to widen participation? What is it that stops participation in those jobs? Is it about childcare, for example, or long-term unemployment? What could widen participation?”

“Do you think there is any role for jobcentres to support what we have discussed today? What about more support for jobcentres, or more guidance for them on how they can help applicants?”

“They also help with applications. If you go to a jobcentre, they support an application and that sort of thing. I know that the Chair wants to move on, but do you have any ideas about how to support that?”

“In your experience, how responsive are individual workers and smaller employers to changes in Government skills funding? You have already touched on some of the Government programmes. When the Government have a very big stake in something, it is obviously the Government’s responsibility, but what about the private empl…”

“If you are looking at the skills gaps, I think you mentioned earlier that it takes time, from the beginning, to get people through the whole of a career. What could the Government do in the short term to address the skills gaps? What type of funding, policies and frameworks would you, if you were the Government, put in…”

“But should they not then also write a write-up of what went wrong—a script for people to avoid the mistakes they have made? Should that not be part of it?”

“Okay, in their own home—sorry. Understood.”

“Yes, for the green construction future.”

“For under-represented groups, or the long-term unemployed, is there anything you would seek in order to widen participation? What is it that stops participation in those jobs? Is it about childcare, for example, or long-term unemployment? What could widen participation?”

“Do you think there is any role for jobcentres to support what we have discussed today? What about more support for jobcentres, or more guidance for them on how they can help applicants?”

“They also help with applications. If you go to a jobcentre, they support an application and that sort of thing. I know that the Chair wants to move on, but do you have any ideas about how to support that?”