James Cleverly highlights problems facing high-tech manufacturing employers and calls for a Parliamentary debate on high-tech vacancies and the need for more training to enable the workforce to successfully fill jobs vacancies in this sector.
James served as Shadow Home Secretary from the General Election in July 2024 until November 2024. James had served as Home Secretary since November 2023. Prior to that, he had served as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since September 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Minister for Middle East and North Africa and as joint Minister of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
Speaking in a debate on the Armed Forces, James Cleverly highlights the need for better flexible working options for armed forces personnel and welcomes moves to commonality in the equipment used by our strike brigades to simplify spares and repairs.
Following the Prime Minister’s statement on the Grenfell Tower fire, James Cleverly asks the PM if the London Resilience Forum plans were fully implemented and calls for lessons learned in the inquiry are fed back into resilience forums around the country.