Speeches by Greenwood.

“I hope you will not mind if I just make some very brief opening remarks. Obviously, this inquiry into skills for transport manufacturing comes at a really pivotal moment, in terms of the Government’s ambitions for our advanced manufacturing sector. We really welcome the Committee’s scrutiny and insight at this juncture…”

“One of the challenges we face in relation to advanced manufacturing more broadly, and obviously transport manufacturing is a subset of that, is attracting our share of STEM graduates. There are lots of people going to university and studying science and engineering degrees, but they are not necessarily coming into manu…”

“One of the things that we are doing is investing in short courses to increase the agility of the existing workforces. That includes the £100 million engineering skills fund that I have already mentioned, which will address skills shortages among engineering professions, such as across advanced manufacturing, clean ener…”

“Absolutely, Antonia. We do not want to lose those fantastic workers, who actually have a huge amount of experience and knowledge, in the transition to new technologies. We want to be able to take them with us and for them to flourish in that new environment. I previously mentioned that the industrial strategy includes …”

“That is a really important point, Alex. It is about getting people into the sector in the first place. We know there are outdated views of manufacturing that somehow it is old-fashioned, or dirty, or involves a lot of manual labour. There are physical jobs involved in it, but there is also a wider range of jobs. We als…”

“I know that Nissan, for example, runs a skills bootcamp on electric vehicle component manufacturing. That offers people a direct route into employment at its Sunderland factory. That is perhaps an example of a way in that might not be a formal apprenticeship.”

“Alan, I do not know if you want to say more about the skills bootcamps. They are specifically to skill people up with the sight of a job at the end of it, which is really important so that young people or other people know about the opportunities that are available and can actually see what the industry looks like. Som…”

“It is about showcasing that. It is actually not a small thing when we go out and do that because it is about making it more visible, is it not? It is so that people can see, oh, look, people like me work in that sector and it does not look quite like how I thought it might look. That is really important. We are changin…”

“Obviously, we do not want to make it so that people who get their car through the Motability scheme are more restricted than other car drivers. They have a right to have the same choice that other people would have. But absolutely, we want British cars to be the car of choice. We are supporting British manufacturers to…”

“You can jump in, Rebecca, all right? I am happy to say something about that. In terms of bus manufacturing, as we have seen, there is a shift as a result of the Bus Services Act 2025, with more of the mayoral combined authorities going down the franchising route and potentially procuring buses themselves, because in th…”

“In terms of bus franchising, it is the established mayoral authorities that are progressing most quickly with that. Whether we look at the North East Combined Authority or the West Midlands Combined Authority, they have already built up that capability and have obviously been looking at how they are going to boost thei…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate and thank the hon. Member for Hamble Valley (Paul Holmes) for bringing this debate to the House. It is extremely important to highlight the role of our dedicated lifeboat services, which seek to rescue any persons in distress or difficulty aroun…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I offer my congratulations and thanks to the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (Mr MacDonald) for bringing this debate to the House and allowing what has been a very useful discussion. I begin by acknowledging the vital role played by air ambul…”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right to highlight the work of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. I add my congratulations on their 25-year anniversary. It is clear that they have made a huge impact not just on the local community, but for the many visitors to that area. I am sure we all want to see the continuation of t…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) on securing this important debate and continuing to shine a light on the persistent and widespread issue of pavement parking. She and many other hon. Members—26 in total, I believe—have made …”

“I apologise, but I will not take any more interventions, because we are so short of time. The research will begin imminently and will involve a representative sample of local traffic authorities. It will seek to include both a physical measure of the extent of pavement parking and questionnaires to gather qualitative i…”

“My hon. Friend makes a really important point that I am sure we will consider in our response. As I said, I will make an announcement very soon. I am also pleased to share that I have commissioned new research to update and strengthen our evidence base on the extent and impact of pavement parking. To be clear, that res…”

“It is always a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sarah Green) on securing this debate. I thank her for raising pony and trap racing, which is clearly an important issue for her constituents, although I confess that, until I started …”

“As ever, Sir Christopher, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Maidstone and Malling (Helen Grant) on securing this important debate and on sharing her personal experience and the experiences of her constituents. I also pay tribute to Kent residents Sandy Burr, Bev Evans…”

“indicated assent.”