The Communities and Local Government Committee launches an inquiry into public parks to examine the impact of reduced local authority budgets on these open spaces and consider concerns that their existence is under threat.
Witnesses Andrew Percy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, Department for Communities and Local Government.
Witnesses Lydia Ragoonanan, Senior Programme Manager, Nesta, and Eddie Curry, Chair, Core Cities Parks and Greenspace Group; Mark Walton, Director, Shared Assets, Alan Carter, Director of Portfolio Management, the Land Trust, and David Foster, Chief Executive, The Parks Trust Milton Keynes (at 10.45am).
Witnesses Councillor Lisa Trickett, Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment, Birmingham City Council, Andrew Hinchley, Green Space Development Officer, London Borough of Camden, Ian Walmsley, Greenspace Manager, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, and Councillor Matthew Balfour, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Kent County Council; Dr Katy Layton-Jones, The Gardens Trust, Merrick Denton-Thompson OBE, President, The Landscape Institute, Julia Thrift, Projects and Operations Director, TCPA, and James Harris, Policy and Networks Manager, RTPI (at 4.45pm).