Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Independent review of building regulations

Witnesses Dame Judith Hackitt, Former Chair, Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety; Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Bob Ledsome, Deputy Director, Technical Policy Division (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry MHCLG Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 inquiry

Witnesses Melanie Dawes CB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Jeremy Pocklington, Director General, Housing, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Dr Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government and Public Services, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Sir John Timpson, Chair, Expert Advisory Panel on High Streets; Jake Berry MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 4.30pm).

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Mike Williams, Director of Business and International Tax, HM Treasury.

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Lesley Smith, Director Public Policy, UK & Ireland, Amazon UK, Andy Mulcahy, Strategy and Insight Director, IMRG, Julie Howkins, eCommerce Development Manager, Hive.co.uk, and Clayton Hirst, Group Head of Corporate Affairs, John Lewis Partnership; Katharine Wynne, Director of Investor Relations, Debenhams, Kevin Frost, UK Property Director, Cineworld, and Tim Richards, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vue International (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Mike Ashley, Chief Executive, Sports Direct Group; Tony Ginty, Head of Public Affairs, Marks and Spencer, Richard Collyer, Chief Financial Officer, New Look , and Martin Foster, Managing Director, Lakeland Leathers Limited (at 4.30pm); Maria Horn, Chief Operating Officer, Nando’s, and Simon Emeny, Chief Executive, Fuller’s (at 5.15pm).

Inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry

Witnesses Jason Honeyman, Chief Executive, Bellway, David Jenkinson, Group Managing Director and Main Board Director, Persimmon, and Jennie Daly, Group Operations Director, Taylor Wimpey; Richard Silva, Executive Director, Long Harbour, Mick Platt, Wallace Partnership Group Ltd, John Dyer, Director, Savills, and Chair of Residential Management Committee, British Property Federation, and Dr Nigel Glen, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Residential Managing Agents (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Peter Geraghty, Chair of the Planning, Housing and Regeneration Board, ADEPT , Richard Roe, Corporate Director of Place, Trafford Council, and Liz Philpot, Growth Programmes and Policy Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Ojay McDonald, Chief Executive, Association of Town and City Management, Christina Rowe, Director of Operations, Bedford BID, and Jonathan Newman, Town Centre Manager, Great Yarmouth Town Centre Partnership (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry

Witnesses Sir Peter Bottomley MP, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold Reform, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold Reform, Martin Boyd, Chair of Trustees, Leasehold Knowledge PartnershipJo Darbyshire, National Leasehold Campaign, Katie Kendrick, National Leasehold Campaign, Shula Rich, Director, Federation of Private Residents' Associations

Inquiry Social Housing Green Paper inquiry

Witnesses Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Sally Randall, Director of Social Housing, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Tom Ironside, Director of Business and Regulation, British Retail Consortium, Edward Woodall, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Association of Convenience Stores, and Andrew Goodacre, Chief Executive, Bira; Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association, Tony Sophoclides, Strategic Affairs Director, UK Hospitality, and Joe Harrison, Chief Executive, NMTF (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Edward Cooke, Chief Executive, REVO, Mark Williams, Director, Hark Group, Roddy Bushell, Estate Director, Fitzwilliam Malton Estate, and Dominic Williams, Director, Hewdon Consulting; Harry Burchill, Planning Policy Officer, Royal Town Planning Institute, Craig Rowbottom, Development and Planning Manager North West, Birmingham City Council, and Dr Julian Dobson, Director, Urban Pollinators (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Witnesses Professor Cathy Parker, Professor of Marketing and Retail Enterprise, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chair Institute of Place Management, William Grimsey, Chairman, The Grimsey Review and The Grimsey Review 2, and Dr Andres Coca-Stefaniak, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Events and Tourism, University of Greenwich.

Inquiry Land value capture inquiry

Witnesses Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Brexit and Local Government inquiry

Witnesses Councillor Paul Carter, Leader, Kent County Council, Councillor Mark Crane, Board Member, District Councils Network, Councillor Keith Stevens, Vice-Chair, National Association of Local Councils, and Councillor Ian Stewart, Deputy Leader, Cumbria County Council.

Inquiry Local authority support for Grenfell Tower survivors inquiry

Witnesses Yvette Williams, Justice4Grenfell, and Clarrie Mendy, Humanity for Grenfell; Hanan Cherbika, Vice Chair, Grenfell Walk Residents Association, Nahid Ashby, Silchester Residents Association, and Samia Badani, Bramley House Residents Association (at 10.00am); Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and Fire Service, with responsibility for Grenfell Tower victims work, Home Department, and Jillian Kay, Director for Grenfell Recovery and Resilience, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 10.45am).

Inquiry Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper

Witnesses Dame Louise Casey DBE CB, and Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Faith, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Priorities for the Secretary of State inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Independent review of building regulations

Witnesses Mark Norris, Principal Policy Adviser, Local Government Association, John Stewart, Policy Manager, Residential Landlords Association, and Huw Evans, Director General, Association of British Insurers; Dominic Raab MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, and Andrew Pattison, Director of Building Safety Programme, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Independent review of building regulations

Witnesses Peter Caplehorn, Deputy Chief Executive and Policy Director, Construction Products Association, Mirella Vitale, Senior Vice President (Group Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs), Rockwool, Richard Burnley, Managing Director (Britain and Ireland), Kingspan Insulation, and Adrian Dobson, Executive Director, Royal Institute of British Architects; Dr Debbie Smith, Managing Director, BRE Global, Claire Curtis-Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, British Board of Agrément, Mark Hardingham, Chair (Protection and Business Safety Committee), National Fire Chiefs Council, and Sir Ken Knight, Chair of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel (at 10.45am).