Covid-19: Housing

Lord Holmes of Richmond Excerpts
Monday 18th May 2020

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Duncan of Springbank Portrait The Deputy Speaker
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I will be replaced as Deputy Speaker by the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, after this intervention. The noble Lord, Lord Balfe, is not there, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond.

Lord Holmes of Richmond Portrait Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con)
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Does my noble friend agree that there is a real opportunity and an urgent need to increase the use of digital technology across the construction sector, not least in the supply chain, to ensure that the various industry bodies produce the skills and talent to enable us to flourish in all our digital futures?

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh
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I thank my noble friend. There is no doubt that, like all others, the construction industry needs to embrace digital solutions in the digital era, which will help to ensure that construction is safer going forward.