Mike Moore MP joined Katy on a visit to City Building’s Queenslie Training Centre in the East End of Glasgow. The centre offers a unique combination of high quality construction training and on-site experience on a wide range of projects for the public and private sector. They spoke to staff and apprentices and even got to try out some of the trades themeselves.
Speaking after the visit, Katy said:
“The Liberal Democrats have an ambitious work programme for Scotland, offering work experience, internships, apprenticeships or substantial volunteering opportunities for young people struggling to break into the jobs market. City Building is a major employer of apprentices and has long been involved in providing work experience opportunities to young people. We need to help more employers take on young people, through apprenticeships, work experience or volunteering.
We know times are hard for the construction sector just now but providing decent housing across Scotland is essential if we are to meet our long term ambitions for the economy and our health and social wellbeing. There is a major challenge in tackling the housing shortfall and our Action Plan is focused on helping deliver more homes that are affordable, both in the heart of towns and cities and in rural areas. We need to bring empty homes back into use and tackle the scourge of fuel poverty by a large scale programme of home insulation. This will both create jobs and contribute to a greener economy.”
