Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Pubs Code Adjudicator inquiry

Witnesses Dave Mountford, Pubs Advisory Service & Landlord, Gary Mason, Tied Tenant, Simon Clarke, Tied Tenant and Royal Institute of Surveyors SurveyorStuart Gallyot, Company Secretary & Director of Legal & Estates, Punch Taverns, Simon Townsend, Chief Executive Officer, Enterpirse Inns

Inquiry Access to finance inquiry

Witnesses Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition, FCA, Keith Morgan, Chief Executive Officer, British Business BankAnna Soubry MP, Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Alex Dellal, Allied Commercial Exporters, Paul Sutton, Neville Kahn, Managing Partner, Financial Advisory, Deloitte

Inquiry Access to finance inquiry

Witnesses Gareth Oakley, Managing Director, SME Banking, Lloyds Banking Group, Rishi Khosla, Chief Execitive Officer, Oaknorth Bank, Marcus Stuttard, Head of UK Primary Markets & Head of AIM, London Stock ExchangeChris Hulatt, Chief Financial Officer & founder, Octopus Investments, James Meekings, UK Managing Director & co-founder, Funding Circle

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Michael Sherwood, Vice Chairman, Anthony Gutman, Co-Head, EMEA Investement Banking Services, and Michael Casey, Goldman Sachs; Mark Sherwood, former Property Director, BHS (at 10.15am); Paul Budge, Finance Director, Arcadia Group, Director Taveta Investments Ltd, Chris Harris, Group Property Director, Arcadia Group, and Brett Alexander Palos, Director, Taveta Investments Ltd (at 10.45am).

Inquiry Business views on EU Referendum inquiry

Witnesses John Longworth, Chair of the Business Council of Vote Leave, Roland Rudd, Chairman, Business for New EuropeJennifer Brown, Managing Director, pampeano, Paul Kahn, President, Airbus Group UK, Pam Watts, Financial Director, SWEEEP Kuusakoski, Guy Schanschieff, Managing Director, Bambino MioStephen Kon, Senior Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Alex Depledge, former CEO and founder of Hassle.com, Julie Price, Insurance Broker, Julie Price & Co Ltd, Phil Eckersley, Managing Director, Bridgewater Home Care

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Sir Philip Green, Chairman, Arcadia Group

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Darren Topp, Chief Executive, BHS, Richard Price, former Chief Executive, BHS, Michael Hitchcock, former Finance Consultant, BHS, Mark Tasker, former Board Member, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, Eddie Parladorio, former Board Member, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, Stephen Bourne, Board Member, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, Aidan Treacy, Chief Financial Officer, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, Dominic Chappell, Director, Retail Acquisitions Ltd

Inquiry Working practices at Sports Direct inquiry

Witnesses Steve Turner, Assistant General Secretary, Luke Primarolo, Regional Officer, Unite UnionChris Birkby, Managing Director, Jennifer Hardy, Finance Director, Transline, Andy Sweeney, Chief Executive Officer, Best Connection Group LtdMike Ashley, Executive Deputy Chairman, Sports Direct International, Keith Bishop, Keith Bishop Associates

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Robin Saunders, Managing Partner of Clearbrook Capital Partners LLP, Nicholas Giauque, Managing Member: London, Farallon Capital Europe LLP, Joseph Dryer, Head of Capital Markets and Advisory, RiverRock

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Chris Martin, Chair, BHS Pension Fund Trustees, Mike Lymath, BHS Pension Fund Trustee, Phil Kitchen, BHS Pension Fund Trustee, Jason Hyde, BHS Pension Fund TrusteeMargaret Downes, former Chair, BHS Pension Fund Trustees, Siobhan Forey, former BHS Pension Fund Trustee, Richard de Dombal, former BHS Pension Fund TrusteeDavid Roberts, Partner, Olswang, Andrew Frangos, Chief Executive, Cornhill Capital, Mark Byers, Head of Advisory, Grant Thornton UK

Inquiry Business views on EU Referendum inquiry

Witnesses Professor Brad Mackay, University of St Andrews, Raoul Ruparel, Co-Director, Open Europe, John Springford, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European ReformPaul Nowak, Deputy General Secretary, TUC, Josh Hardie, Deputy-Director General, Policy and Campaigns, Confederation of British Industry, Mike Spicer, Director of Research, British Chambers of Commerce, Lee Hopley, Chief Economist, EEF

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Ian Greenstreet, Partner, Nabarro, Tony Clare, Partner, Deloitte, David Clarke, Partner, KPMG, Richard Cousins, Partner, PwC, Emma King, Partner, EvershedsOwen Clay, Partner, Linklaters, Steve Denison, Partner, PwC, Anthony Gutman, Co-Head, EMEA Investement Banking Services, Goldman SachsIan Grabiner, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadia, Lord Grabiner, Board Member, Taveta Investments Ltd, Paul Budge, Finance Director, Arcadia Group, Director Taveta Investments Ltd, Gillian Hague, Director, Arcadia Group and Taveta Investments (No.2) Ltd, Chris Harris, Group Property Director, Arcadia Group

Inquiry The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry

Witnesses Alan Rubenstein, Chief Executive, Pension Protection FundLesley Titcomb, Chief Executive, The Pensions Regulator, Nicola Parish, Director of Case Management, The Pensions Regulator

Inquiry Pubs Code Adjudicator inquiry

Witnesses Paul Newby, the Pubs Code Adjudicator

Inquiry Access to finance inquiry

Witnesses Suren Thiru, Head of Economics and Business Finance, British Chambers of Commerce, Jimmy McLoughlin, Head of Entrepreneurship Policy, Institute of Directors, Tom McMurtrie, Managing Director, Hymid Two-Shot Ltd and EEF member, Andrew Sandiford, Partner, Bishop Fleming, and Simon Littlewood, Partner, Grant Thornton, gave evidence

Inquiry The UK Steel Industry follow-up inquiry

Witnesses Bimlendra Jha, CEO, Tata Steel UK, Marc Meyohas, Partner, Greybull Capital LLPFergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, Edwina Hart AM, Minister for the Economy, Science and Transport, Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of Community and Chair of the National Trade Union Steel Coordinating Committee, Gareth Stace, Director, UK Steel, Tom Blenkinsop MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related IndustryThe Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Niall MacKenzie, Director, Infrastructure & Materials, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Anthony Odgers, Deputy Chief Executive and Director, Corporate Finance UK Government Investments

Inquiry Exports and role of UKTI inquiry

Witnesses Lord Price, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr Catherine Raines, Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment, Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance

Inquiry Exports and role of UKTI inquiry

Witnesses Katy Chamberlain, Chief Executive, Business in Focus, Neil Francis, Director, International Trade and Investment, Scottish Development International, Alison Gowdy, Director of Trade, Invest Northern IrelandDavid Hughes, Head of Business Engagement, Kent County Council, James Cushing, Chair, Chief Economic Development Officers' Society, Councillor Iain Malcolm, Vice Chair, North East Combined Authority's Economic Regeneration and Development Advisory BoardJeremy Allen, Head of Investor Relations, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Tim Render, Head of the Great British Food Unit, Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs

Inquiry The digital economy inquiry

Witnesses Mr Edward Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.