§ Mr. Moynihanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the committee examining the problem of skills shortages in the information technology industry will issue its final report.
§ Mr. ButcherThe third and final report of the Information Technology Skills Shortages Committee, which I have been chairing, will be published on Thursday 25 July, and I shall place a copy in the Library of the House. The report will sum up initiatives taken following the committee's previous reports, and will make recommendations for future action. Its publication will complete the committee's work and the report will incorporate a further set of ideas which can be followed up by the newly formed IT skills agency which has been set up by the CBI Education Foundation.