Mentions:
1: Richard Quigley (Lab - Isle of Wight West) lack of willingness but due to limited time and resources, which prevents them from tackling the logistics - Speech Link
2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) More than half a million vacancies are due to skills shortages. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) In sectors that are already experiencing labour shortages, such as social care, hospitality and logistics - Speech Link
2: Baroness Browning (Con - Life peer) not need to tell this House that the social care workforce remains turbulent, inhibited by high vacancies - Speech Link
3: Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Lab - Life peer) conditions are endemic across the sector, contributing to record levels of staff turnover and unfilled vacancies - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) immigration was economic; when made by Tony Blair, he claimed it was necessary to promote growth and fill vacancies - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) questions further down most of those polls, when people are asked whether they would like to see more vacancies - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) the National Crime Agency and Border Force, and an unflinching mandate to disrupt the smugglers’ logistics - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) This century, we face the challenge of an ageing population and falling birth rate; unfilled vacancies - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) Retail, hospitality, tourism, logistics, seasonal industries—all rely on flexible staffing, and they - Speech Link
2: None think how many people are actively seeking work but still unemployed in London, given the number of vacancies - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) Insights Team has shown that offering flexible working can attract up to 30% more applicants to job vacancies - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) increase apprenticeship numbers by 16% in 2025, with opportunities spanning manufacturing, supply chain logistics - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Mid Buckinghamshire) inward investment and create highly skilled jobs, including in areas directly linked to automotive logistics - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We reduce the number of vacancies, reduce opportunities and end up harming those we most wish to support - Speech Link
2: None Secondly, we must remember that many agency supply chains, particularly in sectors such as logistics, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Once a target had been reached, all vacancies would be allocated to new appointments: a “one out, one - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) Without a mandatory retirement age to generate vacancies, restrictions on appointments could become a - Speech Link
3: None and Information Professionals;(z1) Chartered Institute of Linguists;(z2) Chartered Institute of Logistics - Speech Link
4: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) housing, science education and a whole range of mathematical and science disciplines, as well as logistics - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) Growth forecasts have been downgraded and the number of vacancies has declined. - Speech Link
2: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) Much trade union work in the private sector in recent years has been focused on the warehousing and logistics - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Tyrie (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Our weakness is derived from a weakness of collective will and failure to organise logistics and co-ordinate - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) There are a significant number of vacancies in the existing defence budget for skilled workers. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) concrete platforms, steel platforms, operation, maintenance and development services, ports and logistics - Speech Link
2: Perran Moon (Lab - Camborne and Redruth) pipeline of talent needed for the floating offshore wind sector and the skills required to populate the vacancies - Speech Link
3: Noah Law (Lab - St Austell and Newquay) requires a new generation of skilled workers in maritime engineering, fabrication and supply chain logistics - Speech Link