Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Department for Communities and Local Government Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17

Witnesses Melanie Dawes CB. Permanent Secretary, Dr Jo Farrar, Director General, Local Government and Public Services, and Tamara Finkelstein, Director General, Building Safety, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Independent review of building regulations

Witnesses Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair, Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety

Inquiry Housing for older people inquiry

Witnesses Alok Sharma MP, Minister for Housing and Planning,, and Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Housing for older people inquiry

Witnesses Jacquel Runnalls, Co-Opted Lead on Accessibility and Inclusive Design, Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section in Housing, Gill Moy, Director of Housing and Customer Services, Nottingham City Homes, and Professor Carol Holland, Centre for Ageing Research, Lancaster University; Anna Kear, Executive Director, UK Cohousing Network, Patrick Manwell, Consultant Architect, Archadia, and Maria Brenton, Cohousing Consultant to the Older Women's Cohousing Community (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Brexit and Local Government inquiry

Witnesses Professor Amelia Hadfield, Director, Centre for European Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University, Professor Laurence Ferry, Durham University, Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and Professor Tony Travers, Director, Institute of Public Affairs, London School of Economics; Councillor Kevin Bentley, Brexit Task and Finish Group, Local Government Association, Jessie Hamshar, Service Director (Strategy and Engagement), Cornwall Council, and Helen Dickinson, Assistant Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council (at 10.30am).

Inquiry Homelessness Reduction Act

Witnesses Matt Downie, Director, Policy and External Affairs, Crisis, and Deborah Garvie, Policy Manager, Shelter; Councillor Rachel Eburne, Deputy Chair, LGA Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board, and Mid-Suffolk District Councillor, Local Government Association, and Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham, and Executive Member for Housing, London Councils (at 4.30pm); Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Housing for older people inquiry

Witnesses Professor Geoff Meen, University of Reading, Dr Peter Kenway, New Policy Institute, and John Godfrey, Corporate Affairs Director, Legal and General; John Galvin, Chief Executive, FirstStop, Paul Smee, Head of Mortgages, UK Finance (incorporating Council of Mortgage Lenders), and Mark Bogard, Chief Executive, Family Building Society (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Housing for older people inquiry

Witnesses Sue Adams, Chief Executive, Care and Repair, Andrew Gibson, Vice Chair, Habinteg, and Julia Park, Head of Housing Research, Levitt Bernstein; Michael Voges, Executive Director, ARCO, Paul Teverson, Director of Communications, McCarthy and Stone, and Graham King, Head of Integrated Commissioning, Sunderland City Council (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Overview and scrutiny in local government

Witnesses Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Housing need and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

Witnesses Alok Sharma MP, Housing Minister, Sally Randall, Director of Housing and Support, and Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Overview and scrutiny in local government

Witnesses Councillor Mary Evans, Chair of Scrutiny Committee, Suffolk County Council, Councillor Sean Fitzsimons, Chair of Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Croydon Council, and Councillor John Cotton, Lead Scrutiny Member, Birmingham City Council; Jennette Arnold OBE AM, Chair, London Assembly, Susan Ford, Scrutiny Manager, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Councillor Peter Hughes, Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, West Midlands Combined Authority, and Ed Williams, Director, London Assembly (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Housing for older people inquiry

Witnesses Jeremy Porteus, Director, Housing Learning and Improvement Network; Claudia Wood, Chief Executive, DEMOS; Dr Brian Beach, Senior Research Fellow, International Longevity Centre UK

Inquiry Overview and scrutiny in local government

Witnesses Professor Colin Copus, Director of the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montfort University; Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS); Councillor Marianne Overton, Leader of the Independent Group, Local Government Association

Inquiry Work of DCLG

Witnesses Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State, Alok Sharma MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, and Jake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Housing White Paper and business rates inquiry

Witnesses Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State, Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Minster for London, and Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Government draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill inquiry

Witnesses Mick King, Local Government Ombudsman; Denise Fowler, Housing Ombudsman (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Capacity in the homebuilding industry inquiry

Witnesses Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Isobel Stephen, Director of Housing Supply, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Capacity in the homebuilding industry inquiry

Witnesses Sir Edward Lister, Chairman, Gordon More, Chief Investment Officer, and Ian Piper, Head of Land, Homes and Communities Agency; Paul Smee, Director General, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Lewis Sidnick, Director of Coporate Affairs, NHBC, and Samantha Fernley, Business Development Executive, BLP Consultant, BOPAS (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Adult social care inquiry

Witnesses Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, David Mowat MP, Minister for Communities, Health and Care, Department of Health, and Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Department for Work and Pensions.

Inquiry Adult social care inquiry

Witnesses Larry Gardner, Anna Severwright, and Isaac Samuels; Heather Wakefield, National Secretary for Local Government, UNISON, Sharon Allen, Chief Executive, Skills for Care, and Clare Jacobs, Employment Relations Adviser, Royal College of Nursing (at 3.30pm).