However, the Committee heard there needs to be an immediate spending increase to kick start what the CCC called “a labour-intensive set of investments that make our housing stock more ready for climate change and more energy efficient”.iOfficial Report, 15 September 2020, col.13 The CCC state housing retrofits, skills and training are the top priority and spend needs to be frontloaded on labour intensive programmes that can begin quickly (12-24 months) to get money cycling in the economy.iiCCC letter to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, 'Building a resilient recovery...