Speeches by Hinds.

“How would it do that?”

“That is possible already.”

“How would you anticipate Skills England having a role in making people aware of the opportunities?”

“Which happens to be hotel accommodation. Fazima, from the point of view of the wider heritage asset register, is there any particular move to use it as a way to develop tourism and travel?”

“Which table is that? You said, “A voice at the table.””

“May I ask about skills? You talked earlier about planning for the skills pipeline. Obviously, the Government are making a lot of changes to the Apprenticeship Levy, the Growth and Skills Levy, and are going to reduce the minimum length and content of apprenticeships and remove the independent body that oversees apprent…”

“But before not that. You are not comparing it to last year but to the scheme as was.”

“But in evaluating individual projects, you do not know the answer to that question. Project managers can answer that question after the event. Would you have done this anyway? They are not going to say in the application, “We will do this anyway.” You will be applying criteria such as the demographics of the postcode r…”

“Are you working on that weighting, that formula at the moment? When do you anticipate publishing the criteria?”

“I was trying to get at something a bit lower level. Trying to put in front of young people the range of opportunities is a long-term issue. I thought you were saying that Skills England could play a role in making young people more aware of these varied routes, but you went on to talk about a sector table which is poss…”

“Will Skills England be involved in that now?”

“Baroness Twycross, can I encourage you just to be explicit? The stated purpose of the previous scheme, the listed places of worship grant, was expressly about heritage conservation and historic buildings. The letter I have from you with your signature on talks about maintaining “The fabric of our nation’s most historic…”

“Meaning? You can define “needed most” in lots of ways. What is meant in this context?”

“I am not passing any judgment on whether it is a good thing or a bad thing; I am just trying to understand. It means you would lead on the criteria. This fund is a lot smaller than the old fund. You said the main difference was something else, but the main difference is that it is smaller than the fund that was. You ar…”

“I know what has happened. I know we are still expecting Petty France to go, but there is still a lot of very high value prime real estate owned by HMG that could be a hotel. Obviously, you want to get the best value for sale subject to The Green Book but is there any drive specifically to develop our capacity and capab…”

“How does it work in reverse? What is the difference in the regime for European-domiciled performers coming to the UK?”

“So it was not a sample. You would have to agree that that probably exaggerates the effect because, when you ask a question and it is a voluntary response, you will always hear from the people who feel most strongly about an issue rather than a representative sample. It would be helpful to get those actual numbers. Do a…”

“To set the scene, Euan, could you just say what all the different visa and social security requirements are and the different levels of paperwork?”

“Can any of you summarise what the difference is pre and post leaving the European Union in terms of the volume of paperwork? Bear in mind, of course, that we were never a member of Schengen. Some of these things may not be entirely obvious, but is anyone in a position to say?”

“Working here?”