VoteClimate: Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living - 14th December 2022

Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living - 14th December 2022

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-12-14/debates/783AA4D4-5D03-4D11-BC77-28DBFB2FCBD9/AsylumSeekerEmploymentAndTheCostOfLiving

09:42 Rachael Maskell (Labour)

So many of the people coming to our country could be part of the future economy. We have a climate crisis and are talking, at this very cold time, about the need to retrofit homes, yet we do not have the skills or the workforce to do that. We could train a new generation of workers to be part of the army that will be needed to address those issues. Construction and engineering are other examples. There are so many such areas.

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