Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Independent review of building regulations

Witnesses Edward Daffarn, Bellal El Guenuni, and Adel Chaoui, Grenfell United; Victoria Moffett, Grenfell Programme Lead, National Housing Federation, Richard Silva, Executive Director, Long Harbour, Dr Nigel Glen, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Residential Managing Agents, and Lord Porter, former Chairman of the Local Government Association (at 4.30pm); Adrian Dobson, Executive Director, Royal Institute of British Architects, Roy Wilsher, Chair, National Fire Chiefs Council, and Dr Jonathan Evans, Chairman and CEO, Ash & Lacy (at 5.15pm).

Inquiry Housing Ombudsman Pre-appointment Hearing inquiry

Witnesses Richard Blakeway, the Government's preferred candidate for Housing Ombudsman.

Inquiry Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry

Witnesses Rishi Sunak MP, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government .

Inquiry Implications of the Waste Strategy for Local Authorities inquiry

Witnesses Gurbaksh Badhan, Chair, National Association of Waste Disposal Officers, Cathy Cook, Local Authority Support Manager, London Waste and Recycling Board, Ian Fielding, Chair, Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport, and Lee Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee; Councillor Peter Fleming, District Councils’ Network, and Mayor Philip Glanville, LGA Environment Board and Mayor of Hackney, Local Government Association (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry

Witnesses Lord Porter of Spalding, Chair, Local Government Association, Cllr Paul Carter, Chair, County Councils Network, Cllr John Fuller, Chair, District Councils Network, and Frances Foster, Treasurer, SIGOMA (Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities); Dr Jonathan Carr-West, CEO, Local Government Information Unit , and Andrew Carter, CEO, Centre for Cities (at 4.45pm); Alison Cox, Director of Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research UK, Jeanelle de Gruchy, President, Association of Directors of Public Health, and David Buck, The King’s Fund (at 5.30pm).

Inquiry Implications of the Waste Strategy for Local Authorities inquiry

Witnesses Professor Nicky Gregson, University of Durham, Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester, and Dr Marcus Gover, Chief Executive, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP); Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services Association, Martin Curtois, External Affairs Director, Veolia, and Jeremy Jacobs, Technical Director, Renewable Energy Association (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry

Witnesses Professor Tony Travers, London School of Economics, Neil Amin-Smith, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Professor Pete Murphy, Nottingham Trent University, Rob Whiteman, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and AccountancySir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office

Inquiry Modern Methods of Construction inquiry

Witnesses Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Business and Industry, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director, Construction, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy , and Isobel Stephen, Director, Housing Supply, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Homelessness Reduction Act - One Year On inquiry

Witnesses Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive, Crisis, and Deborah Garvie, Policy Manager, Shelter; Councillor Adele Morris, Deputy Chair of the Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board, Local Government Association, and Councillor Farah Khanum Hussain, London Councils (at 5.00pm); Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Jeremy Swain, Deputy Director, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Division, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 5.30pm).

Inquiry Modern Methods of Construction inquiry

Witnesses James Dalton, Director, General Insurance Policy, Association of British Insurers, Charlie Blagbrough, Policy Manager, Housing and Mortgages, Building Societies Association, Neil Smith, Head of Standards, Innovation and Research, National House Building Council, and Mike Basquill, Associate Director, UK Residential, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Louise McGough, Senior Policy Officer, Housing and Land, Greater London Authority, and Stephen Kinsella, Executive Director, Land, Homes England (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Funding of local authorities’ children’s services inquiry

Witnesses Jonathan Stanley, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Children’s Homes Association, Andrew Isaac, Chair, Children's Services Development GroupRishi Sunak MP, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education

Inquiry Modern Methods of Construction inquiry

Witnesses Steven Boyes, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Barratt Developments, James Thomson, Non-Executive Director and former Chief Executive, Keepmoat Homes, Alun Macey, Head of Construction, Pocket Living , and Jennie Daly, Director, Group Operations, Taylor Wimpey; Lord Porter of Spalding CBE, Chairman, Local Government Association, Wayne Hill, Director, Construction Services, L&Q Group, and Trina Chakravarti, Project Director, Building Better, National Housing Federation (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Brexit and Local Government inquiry

Witnesses Councillor Kevin Bentley, Brexit Task and Finish Group, Local Government Association, Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of the Council, Portsmouth City Council, and Councillor Sue Murphy, Core Cities; Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Simon Ridley, Director General of Decentralisation and Growth, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 4.45pm).

Inquiry Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman review session inquiry

Witnesses Michael King, Local Government & Social Care OmbudsmanRishi Sunak MP, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Inquiry Modern Methods of Construction inquiry

Witnesses Mark Farmer, Founding Director and CEO, Cast Consultancy, Dr Chris Goodier, Director, Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering, Loughborough University, Victoria Pinoncely, Former Research Manager, Centre for LondonBen Derbyshire, President, Royal Institute of British Architects, Ivan Harbour, Senior Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Dr Chris Millard, Technical Director, Assets and Manufacturing, Laing O'Rourke

Inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry

Witnesses Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Lakhbir Hans, Deputy Director for Leasehold, Commonhold and Rentcharges, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry

Witnesses Matthew Jupp, Principal, Mortgages, UK Finance; Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, Falcon Chambers, Amanda Gourlay, Barrister, Tanfield Chambers, and Giles Peaker, Partner, Anthony Gold Solicitors (at 4.15pm); Professor Nicholas Hopkins, Commissioner, Law Commission (at 5.15pm).

Inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry

Witnesses Gillian Boyle, Strategic Development Directorate, Manchester City Council, Larissa Reed, Executive Director for Neighbourhoods Communities & Housing, Brighton and Hove City Council, and Amy Simmons, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation; Anthony Essien, Chief Executive, Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) (at 4.45pm); Jonathan Smithers, Former President, Law Society of England and Wales, and Beth Rudolf, Director of Delivery, Conveyancing Association (at 5.30pm).

Inquiry Funding of local authorities’ children’s services inquiry

Witnesses Yvette Stanley, National Director for Children’s Social Care, OFSTED, Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England, and Sharon Chappell, Assistant Ombudsman, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman; Ruth Allen, Chief Executive Officer, British Association of Social Workers, Stuart Gallimore, President of ADCS and Director of Children's Services in East Sussex, Association of Directors of Children's Services, Allan Madeley, Commissioning Co-ordinator, Liverpool City Region Local Authorities, and Councillor Roy Perry, Deputy Chair, Children and Young People Board, Local Government Association (at 5.00pm).

Inquiry Funding of local authorities’ children’s services inquiry

Witnesses Professor Lauren Devine, Director, Social Justice Research Group, University of the West of England, Phil Harding, Independent Expert, Professor Ray Jones, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, Kingston University and St George's, University of London, and Dr Miriam Silver, Consultant Clinical Psychologist ; Kathy Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Children England, Adam Pemberton, Corporate Director for Strategy and Performance, Barnardo's, and Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive, Family Rights Group (at 5.00pm).