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Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 19 December 2017 (HL3873), what assessment they have made of the World Economic Forum report, The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that "social skills, such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others, will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills, such as programming or equipment operation and control".  HL4579

Question HL4579: tabled on 10 January 2018 and due for answer by 24 January 2018

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Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 19 December 2017 (HL3873), what assessment they have made of the World Economic Forum report, The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that "social skills, such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others, will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills, such as programming or equipment operation and control".  HL4579
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