Member

The crux of the noble Lord’s argument is the point about how to work across government. I wholeheartedly agree with him—I made this argument earlier—that delivering a step change in skills is fundamental to delivering across the whole of the Government’s programme, in particular the missions that will inform and lead the Government’s actions. It is also about developing the new industrial strategy and the growth and opportunity missions in particular, but it goes beyond that. We cannot rebuild our NHS without skills; we literally cannot build the homes that we need without skills; and we cannot become a green superpower without skills.