Importance of skills for success of UK economy on Lords agenda

Debate

Lord Aberdare (Crossbench), member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on digital skills, put forward the debate.

This was a general debate. During debates, members put their experience to good use to discuss current issues and draw the government's attention to concerns.      

Members speaking

Contributing members included:

• Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat), former teacher
• Lord Harrington of Watford (Conservative), former chairman of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board
• Baroness Lane-Fox (Crossbench), chancellor of the Open University
• Lord Mair (Crossbench), former professor of civil engineering at the University of Cambridge
• Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Labour), shadow spokesperson for education
• Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench), professor at King's College London.

Baroness Barran (Conservative), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education, responded on behalf of the government.

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