Member

We must see a step change in construction skills delivery to achieve many of the ambitions, as noble Lords have said. Of the recommendations accepted in full, we are already focusing on the CITB’s delivery and impact. Over the next 12 months, we will work with the ITBs and other government departments, through a cross-departmental steering group, to scope the different ways of implementing the more complex recommendations. All of that will need to be carried out before final policy decisions can be made on whether to accept and implement the recommendations fully. As we see Skills England developing, and as the review outlines the requirement for closer working between the CITB and the ECITB, this is an important time to think about the most effective form for the contribution made by all those bodies to take in order to ensure that we maximise what we can do for the construction workforce.