Climate Change: Behaviour Change

Debate between Baroness Taylor of Bolton and Lord Callanan

Thursday 3rd November 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Callanan (Con)]

My noble friend makes some interesting points and I will certainly have a look at the claims that he makes. I am sure he would not want to mislead the House about the statistics produced, but he makes an important point about the role that technology will play. We have some fantastic and innovative developing businesses in this country providing many of the solutions that we need to overcome these difficult challenges.

[Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab)]

Will the Minister answer the question that my noble friend put originally? When will the net-zero skills plan actually be published?

[Lord Callanan (Con)]

I cannot give the noble Baroness a precise date but we do a lot of work on skills. I outlined some of the skills strategies that we have adopted to the noble Lord but it is also, of course, not just about what the Government are doing. There is some great work being done in the private sector as well. I have attended a number of workshops and training academies run by, for instance, various heat-pump manufacturers to upskill plumbers and others in the new technologies of installing low-carbon heat sources.