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Local government and the path to net zero

Inquiry

The aim of the inquiry is to scrutinise the government’s plans to make all new homes “zero carbon ready” by 2025, through the introduction of the Future Homes Standards, and to explore how local government can help the UK to reduce its carbon emissions to “net zero” by 2050, including by incentivising and decarbonising public transport and facilitating green growth. The inquiry follows on from the findings of the Climate Assembly UK report in 2020.

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Past events

Monday 20 September 2021
4:00pm Public
Local government and the path to net zero - Oral evidence 20 September 2021
4:00pm
  • Eddie Hughes (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing) at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Emma Fraser (Director, Housing Markets & Strategy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Siobhan Jones (Director, Local Government & Communities at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • The Lord Callanan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility) at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • Ffiona Hesketh (Deputy Director for Home Decarbonisation Policy and Strategy at Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 15 September 2021
10:00am Public
Local government and the path to net zero - Oral evidence 15 September 2021
10:00am
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben (Chairman at Climate Change Committee)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Monday 13 September 2021
4:00pm Public
Local government and the path to net zero - Oral evidence 13 September 2021
4:00pm
  • Xavier Brice (CEO at Sustrans)
  • Professor Janette Webb (University of Edinburgh at EnergyREV (Energy Revolution Research Consortium))
  • Richard Blyth (Head of Policy Practice and Research at Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI))
5:00pm
  • Cllr Peter Schwier (Climate Czar at Essex County Council)
  • Nick Hibberd (Executive Director, Economy, Environment and Culture at Brighton & Hove City Council)
  • Cllr Sarah Rouse (Enhancing Quality of Life Board Member at District Councils Network)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Monday 12 July 2021
4:00pm Public
Local government and the path to net zero - Oral evidence 12 July 2021
4:00pm
  • Richard Smith (Head of Standards, Innovation and Risk at National House Building Council (NHBC))
  • Catherine Evans (Director of Assets Operations at Stonewater)
  • Brian Robson (Executive Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Northern Housing Consortium)
5:00pm
  • John Alker (Director of Policy & Places at UK Green Building Council)
  • Michael Lewis (CEO at E.ON)
  • Nicola Pitts (Executive Director at Independent Networks Association)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6232 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA