Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Richard Barnes, Senior Conservation Manager, Woodland Trust, and Simon Marsh MBE, Head of Planning Policy, RSPB

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Dame Kate Barker DBE, Author of 2004 Review of Housing Supply and 2006 Review of Land Use Planning, Dr Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association, Sir Terry Farrell CBE, Architect and Leader of 2014 Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Director-General, National Trust, Liz Peace CBE, Chief Executive, British Property Federation, and Andrew Whitaker, Planning Director, Home Builders Federation.

Inquiry Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Witnesses Richard Blyth, Head of Policy and Practice, Royal Town Planning Institute, David Henry, Chair, UK Planning Policy Panel, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Councillor Tony Newman, Local Government Association; Councillor Gillian Brown, Planning Lead, District Councils’ Network, Councillor Ken Browse, Chairman, National Association of Local Councils, and Mike Kiely, Chair of the Board, Planning Officers Society

Inquiry Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

Witnesses Martin Kimber, Chief Executive, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, and Joyce Thacker, Strategic Director of Children and Young People’s Services, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Inquiry Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency

Witnesses Julian Ashby, Chair, Regulation Committee, Homes and Communities Agency

Inquiry Building Regulations certification of domestic electrical work

Witnesses Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Councillor Paul Watson, Leader, Sunderland City Council, Councillor Philip Atkins, Leader, Staffordshire County Council, and Councillor James Lewis, Leeds City Council; Sir Richard Leese, Lord Smith of Leigh, and Councillor Sue Derbyshire, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (at 2.30 pm).

Inquiry Local government chief officers' remuneration

Witnesses Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Local government chief officers' remuneration

Witnesses Councillor Colin Lambert, Former Leader, Rochdale Borough Council, Jim Taylor, Former Chief Executive, Rochdale Borough Council, Councillor David Hodge, Leader, Surrey County Council, David McNulty, Chief Executive, Surrey County Council, Mary Pett, Honorary Secretary, Association of Local Authority Chief Executives, Mark Rogers, President, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers, and Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council, and Mike Short, Senior National Officer for Local Government, Unison

Inquiry Local government chief officers' remuneration

Witnesses Graham Farrant, Chief Executive, Thurrock Council and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and Maggie Rae, Corporate Director, Wiltshire Council; Mike Cooke, Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden, Councillor Sarah Hayward, Leader, London Borough of Camden, Paul Martin, Chief Executive, London Borough of Wandsworth, and Councillor Ravi Govindia, Leader, London Borough of Wandsworth (at 4.50pm); Martin Tucker, Joint Managing Partner, Gatenby Sanderson, and Peter Smith, Director, Hay Group (at 5.30pm).

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution)

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Councillor Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman, Local Government Association; Professor Tony Travers, Chair, London Finance Commission, Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIPFA (at 5.15pm).

Inquiry Local government chief officers' remuneration

Witnesses Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive, TaxPayers' Alliance, Duncan Brown, Principal, Performance, Reward and Talent, AON Hewitt; Will Hutton, author of Fair Pay in the Public Sector Report, Charles Cotton, Performance and Reward Adviser, CIPD, and Councillor Jim McMahon, Chair of Workforce Board, Local Government Association (at 5.15pm)

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Roger Lawrence, Leader, Wolverhampton City Council, Councillor Nick Forbes, on behalf of Core Cities Group, and Stephen Hughes, Former Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Boris Johnson, Mayor of London; Darren Johnson, Chair, London Assembly, Mayor Jules Pipe, Chair of London Councils, and Colin Stanbridge, Chief Executive, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (at 4.45 pm).

Inquiry Local Government finance settlement 2014/15

Witnesses Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Councillor David Hodge, Chair, County Councils Network, Tom Riordan, Core Cities Group, and Professor Andy Pike, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University; Councillor Peter Box, Chair, Key Cities Group, Ed Cox, Director, Institute for Public Policy Research North, and Liz Peace, Chief Executive, British Property Federation (at 5.15 pm).

Inquiry Devolution in England: the case for local government

Witnesses Professor Tony Travers, Chair, London Finance Commission, Alexandra Jones, Director, Centre for Cities think tank, and Jim O'Neill, Chair, RSA City Growth Commission

Inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2012-13

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

Inquiry Building Regulations certification of domestic electrical work

Witnesses Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Bob Ledsome, Deputy Director and Head, Building Regulations and Standards Division, Department for Communities and Local Government.