Lord Heseltine, skills and training experts and UK transport sector discuss challenges posed by COVID-19
The Economic Affairs Committee holds its third evidence session on the Employment and COVID-19 inquiry. This week the Committee hears evidence on past and present state interventions in the UK economy, the UK’s skills and training system and challenges faced by the transport sector.
Meeting details
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Employment and COVID-19
Professor of Economics at University of Surrey
Professor of Regional and Economic Development at University of Birmingham
CEO at Learning and Work Institute
At 4:30pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Employment and COVID-19
Chief Strategy Officer at Rail Delivery Group
Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport
Adviser to the CEO at Campaign for Better Transport
Policy and Public Affairs Director at Airlines UK
Likely questions
- Should existing employment and support policies, such as the Job Support Scheme and the extension of the loan schemes, be used to pursue other Government objectives, such as the ‘levelling up’ agenda?
- Why have successive UK Governments struggled to shift the UK from a low-skills to a high-skills trajectory?
- Are policies on adult training, further and higher education careers guidance, and apprenticeships, sufficiently aligned in the current system?
- Is the training and skills system capable of supporting a targeted approach?
- What are the key challenges facing the transport sector?
- How effective have the various Government-backed loan schemes been in providing support?