Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

Witnesses Michael Hart, Former Director for Children, Ofsted, and John Goldup, Former Deputy Chief Inspector and National Director of Social Care, Ofsted

Inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2013-14

Witnesses Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Helen Edwards CB CBE, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Director-General – Localism, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Litter

Witnesses Phil Barton, Chief Executive, Keep Britain Tidy, Tim Harbot, Regional Divisional Director (Midlands), Network Delivery and Development Directorate, Highways Agency, Kris Hopkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, Dan Rogerson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and John Rea, Resource Programme: Local Environment, Collections and Recycling, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inquiry Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

Witnesses Debbie Jones, Director, Social Care and Regional Director, London, Ofsted

Inquiry Litter

Witnesses Cherry Lewis-Taylor, McDonald's Franchisee, McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, Giles Roca, Director General, Tobacco Manufacturers Association, David Sedaris, Broadcaster, author and campaigner on litter, Jane Bickerstaff, Director, Industry Council for Research on Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN), Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services Association, Martin Kersh, Executive Director, Foodservice Packaging Association, Alex West, Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs, The Wrigley Company Ltd

Inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2013-14

Witnesses Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Appointment of the Housing Ombudsman

Witnesses Denise Fowler, the Secretary of State’s preferred candidate for the post of Housing Ombudsman

Inquiry Community Rights

Witnesses Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Locality, Seb Elsworth, Director of Partnerships and Communication and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Social Investment Business, Laird Ryan, Co-Director, National Coalition for Independent Action, and Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Litter

Witnesses Samantha Harding, Stop the Drop Campaign Manager, Campaign to Protect Rural England, George Monck, Chief Executive, CleanupUK, Mick Wright, Former Head of Waste Management, Luton Borough Council, Sean Lawson, Head of Environmental Services, Rugby Borough Council, and Shaun Morley, Head of Waste Management, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Inquiry Community Rights

Witnesses Barney Mynott, Public Affairs Officer, NAVCA, Tom Stainer, Head of Communications, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), Ghislaine Trehearne, Assistant Director of Planning and Development, British Property Federation, Nic Bliss, Chair, Confederation of Co-Operative Housing, Jo Gooding, National Coordinator, UK Cohousing Network, and Jennifer Line, Senior Researcher, Building & Social Housing Foundation.

Inquiry Community Rights

Witnesses Janice Banks, Chief Executive, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Dr Freddie Glick, Chair, Civic Voice, Mike Perry, Head of Development and Policy, Plunkett Foundation, David Bowater, Senior Corporate Adviser, Wiltshire Council, Councillor Jeremy Rowe, Deputy Leader, Cornwall Council, and Ross Murray, Deputy President, Country Land and Business Association.

Inquiry Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

Witnesses Professor Alexis Jay OBE, Author, 'Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997-2013)', Councillor Paul Lakin, Leader, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Local Government Association, and Councillor David Simmonds, Chairman, Children and Young People Board, Local Government Association

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Kris Hopkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Simon Ridley, Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate, Ben Linscott, Acting Chief Planning Inspector, Planning Inspectorate, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, and previously Minister of State for Planning and Decentralisation 2010-12, and Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Councillor Matthew Barber, Leader, Vale of White Horse District Council, Councillor James Murray, Executive Member for Housing and Development, London Borough of Islington, and Councillor Hazel Simmons, Leader, Luton Borough Council.

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Neil Sinden, Director of Policy and Campaigns, Campaign to Protect Rural England, and Nicola Walker, Director of Business Environment, Confederation of British Industry

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Freddie Gick, Chair, Civic Voice, Ruth Reed, Chair, Planning Expert Advisory Group, RIBA, David Waterhouse, Head of Strategy, Design Council, Ian Achurch, Board Secretary, Planning, Regeneration and Housing Board, Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), Phil Crabtree, Chief Planning Officer, Leeds City Council, Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores, Ian Anderson, Chairman of Planning Committee, BCSC, Stephen Wright, Principal Planning Lawyer, John Lewis Partnership, Jane Smith, Planning Adviser, Energy UK, David Cox, Head of Development in England, RES, Gemma Grimes, Director of Onshore Renewables, RenewableUK

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Chris Carr, Chair, Federation of Master Builders, Rachel Fisher, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation, and David Gladman, Partner, Gladman Developments

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Councillor Gerald Dee, Gloucester City Council, Councillor Steve Jordan, Leader, Cheltenham Borough Council, Councillor Robert Vines, Leader, Tewkesbury Borough Council, Ian Bickerton, Cheltenham Alliance, Lisa Belfield, CPRE Gloucestershire, and Kim Bedford, Chief Officer, Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils