Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lilian Greenwood and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 18th April 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab)]

The Heritage Alliance estimates in its refreshed manifesto that the UK needs to double the number of conservation-skilled retrofit workers if we are to meet our net zero targets by 2050. Our built environment is at risk, yet the Government have stalled on training and have no plan to upskill the next generation. Labour will change the apprenticeship levy, making it more flexible to ensure that workers have the skills they need for the future. What is the Minister doing to meet the workforce challenge of retrofitting our heritage buildings?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lilian Greenwood and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 11th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab)]

When the Government released their national strategy in 2018, we had a far more limited understanding of loneliness, its consequences and the effectiveness of interventions than we do now. However, despite six years of hard work and good initiatives, the problem has got worse; the level of loneliness has risen by half a million since 2020. As my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) said, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have created new pressures, and with charities and local authorities facing higher demand and rising costs, it is increasingly difficult for them to respond. Given all those challenges, what has the Minister done to prepare for a refreshed national strategy to tackle loneliness?

HS2: Revised Timetable and Budget

Debate between Lilian Greenwood and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 14th March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab)]

I was 45 when the Tory-led Government gave HS2 the go ahead. Since then, as the Minister knows, it has been repeatedly chopped, changed and delayed. I will be 57 next week. How old will I be when it gets to Nottingham?

[Mr Speaker]

That is a trap.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Lilian Greenwood and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 19th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab) [V]]

[Inaudible.]

[Mr Speaker]

I think we might have to move on.