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Built Environment Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Built Environment Committee was appointed to consider matters relating to the built environment, including policies relating to housing, planning, transport and infrastructure.

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3 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Infrastructure policymaking and implementation in central government
Opened 23 November 2022
Short-term lettings
Opened 2 February 2022
Public transport in towns and cities
Report:
Published
On 9 November 2022
Govt. response:
Published
On 12 January 2023
Opened 28 January 2022

Latest news

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More powers for local authorities for short-term lets, says Committee
The Built Environment Committee has today published a letter to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove MP, on short-term lettings
18 December 2022
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Serving passenger needs is key to better public transport
The Built Environment Committee has published its report, ‘Public transport in towns and cities’,
9 November 2022
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Government response to Housing report published
The Built Environment Committee has responded to the Government's response to its report on meeting housing demand
28 March 2022

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (private meeting)
7 February 2023 - 10:15am to 12:30pm
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Latest publications

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Letter from Lord Moylan to Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP, Secretary of State for Transport, 3 February 2023
Inquiry Public transport in towns and cities
Committees Built Environment Committee
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Correspondence
1st Report - Public transport in towns and cities
Inquiry Public transport in towns and cities
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HL Paper 89
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Response to this report
Government response to the Committee's report "Public transport in towns and cities"
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Government Response
Government response to the Committee's report "Public transport in towns and cities"
Inquiry Public transport in towns and cities
Committees Built Environment Committee
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Government Response

Contact us

  • Email: builtenvironment@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3140 (committee staff) | 020 7219 6640 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Built Environment Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW