Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will be taking to overcome labour supply challenges faced by the construction sector.

The government aims to ensure that people are able to get the skills that will enable them to have good, well paid jobs and enable the economy to grow.

Access to a skilled workforce is crucial for the dual missions of growing the economy and making Britain a green energy superpower.

It is essential that all construction trades working within the built environment have the right level of skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours.

The Government will be working with the industry over the short and long term to ensure the sector has access to skilled labour. We have already announced the introduction of Skills England and launched the Office for Green Jobs, so the next generation of construction workers can deliver the built environment.