Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office.

Inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2012-13

Witnesses Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Nick Boles MP, Kris Hopkins MP, Brandon Lewis MP, and Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, Department for Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Further review of the work of the Local Government Ombudsman

Witnesses Dr Jane Martin, Local Government Ombudsman and Michael King, Executive Director, Commission for Local Administration in England

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Keith Davis, Director, Cross-Government, National Audit Office, and Alan Bryce, Head of Counter Fraud and Mark Wardman, Senior Manager, Audit Commission (at 5.15 pm).

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Matthew Jackson, Associate Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies, Richard Macfarlane, Consultant, representing the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and Oliver Henman, Head of Partnerships and International, National Council for Voluntary Organisations; Martin McTague, Chairman, Local Government Policy Unit, Federation of Small Businesses, Alun Rafique, Director, Market Dojo, and Dr Pedro Telles, University of Bangor (at 5.00 pm).

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Gordon Millward, Chair, South and East Yorkshire Region, Federation of Small Businesses, Stephen Williams, President, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, and Ian Drayton, Chair, Sheffield Third Sector Assembly; Simon Hill, Managing Director, and Paul Smith, Procurement and Supply Chain Director, Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation, Councillor Ian Saunders, Cabinet Adviser for Finance and Resources, and Barry Mellor, Director of Commercial Services, Sheffield City Council (at 2.30 pm).

Inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2012-13

Witnesses Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Helen Edwards, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Director General, Localism, Peter Schofield, Director General, Neighbourhoods, and David Rossington, Director, Finance, Department for Communities and Local Government, Andy Rose, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency, and Sir Michael Pitt, Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate.

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Dr Elizabeth David Barrett, representing Transparency International, Paul Mallory, Vice President, International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, and Ian O'Donnell, Executive Director of Corporate Resources, London Borough of Ealing representing the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Ed Walsh, Deputy Director, Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, Ian Taylor, Director, North East Procurement Organisation, and Mark Robinson, Chief Executive, Scape System Build Ltd; Alasdair Reisner, Director of External Affairs, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Alan Rogers, Business Development Director, KeepMoat, and Bola Abisogun, Chair, Procurement Group, Federation of Master Builders (at 5.15 pm).

Inquiry Local Government Procurement

Witnesses Brian Reynolds, Head of Productivity, Local Government Association, Lorraine Cox, Head of Procurement, Halton Borough Council, and Julie Gill, Director of Resources, Cheshire West and Chester Council; Kerry Hallard, Chief Executive Officer, National Outsourcing Association, and Peter Challis, National Officer, Unison Local Government Services Group (at 5.15 pm).

Inquiry Performance of the Department 2011-12

Witnesses Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, DCLG, Sir Michael Pitt, Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate, David Prout, Director General, Localism, DCLG, Pat Ritchie, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency, Sue Higgins, Director General, Finance and Corporate Services, DCLG, and Peter Schofield, Director General, Neighbourhoods, DCLG

Inquiry Performance of the Department 2011-12

Witnesses Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Housing and Local Government, Nick Boles MP, parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Planning), Rt Hon Don Foster MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Inquiry Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser

Witnesses Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government and Peter Holland CBE, Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser

Inquiry Planning, housing and growth

Witnesses Oral Evidence given by Mr Mark Prisk MP, Minister for Housing and Nick Boles MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.