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Debate between James Duddridge and Lord Harrington of Watford
Tuesday 12th February 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con)
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T2. Jaguar Land Rover in Southend struggles to recruit trained mechanics. As we move towards electric vehicles and more technical vehicles, what more can the Government do to make sure that we fill this skills gap?

Lord Harrington of Watford Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Richard Harrington)
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That is an excellent point from my hon. Friend, as we would expect. Luckily, we are on the case and have the Automotive Council skills working group, with which we are doing our best to deal with the problem that he mentions as a partnership between Government and industry.

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