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The creation of the UKSST was widely welcomed by contributors to our inquiry.152 John Howie of Babcock described it as “a key example of…the longer term planning that is needed to ensure that we generate the next generation of the workforce, and that we 144 Professor John Louth (DIS0028) 145 Department for Education, Terms of reference for the UK shipbuilding skills taskforce, August 2022; City of Glasgow College (DIS0035) 146 National Shipbuilding Office, National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, CP 605, 10 March 2022, p.66 147 National Shipbuilding Office, National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, CP 605, 10 March 2022, p.66 148 Department for Education, Terms of reference for the UK shipbuilding skills taskforce, August 2022 149 National Shipbuilding Office, National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, CP 605, 10 March 2022, p.13 150 Professor Trevor Taylor, RUSI (DIS0033) 151 Department for Education, Terms of reference for the UK shipbuilding skills taskforce, August 2022 152 Q26; ADS Group Ltd (DIS0024); Society of Maritime Industries (DIS0027) Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding 33 don’t just plug gaps today.153 City of Glasgow College welcomed the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh’s “lucid appreciation of the pivotal importance of skills” and the creation of the Taskforce.154