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Communities and Local Government Committee
Formal minutes
Monday 23 May 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Department for Communities and Local Government Main Estimate 2016-17
Ordered, That the Department for Communities and Local Government Main Estimate 2016-
17 Memorandum, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Homelessness
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Homelessness (HOL) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
157 Welsh Government
158 Pathway and Faculty for Homeless Health
159 Homeless Link
160 Avalon Cabins Ltd
[Adjourned till Monday 6 June at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 6 June 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. 100 per cent retention of business rates: issues for consideration
Draft Report (100 per cent retention of business rates: issues for consideration), proposed by
the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 241.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Business Rates
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Business Rates be reported to the House for
publication on the internet.
4. Homelessness
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Homelessness (HOL) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
161 Phoenix Futures
162 University of Southampton
Ross Symonds, author of 'Homeless in Bristol' blog, Daisy-May Hudson, director of 'Half
Way' film, and Mateasa Grant, Crisis 'mystery shopper'; Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick,
Heriot-Watt University, and Professor Sarah Johnsen, Heriot-Watt University, gave oral
evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 13 June at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 13 June 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Homelessness
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Homelessness (HOL) submitted by Mrs Helen
Joberns, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Local
Government, Department for Communities and Local Government; Jane Ellison MP,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health, and Peter
Searle, Director, Working age benefits, Department for Work and Pensions, gave oral
evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 June at 9.30 a.m.
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Alison Thewliss
1. Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the role of
Chair of the Homes and Communities Agency
Sir Edward Lister, the Government’s preferred candidate, gave oral evidence.
Draft Report (Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the
role of Chair of the Homes and Communities Agency), proposed by the Chair, brought up and
read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 41.
[Adjourned till Monday 27 June at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 27 June 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Homelessness
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Homelessness (HOL) submitted by the Department
for Health, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Planning
Ordered, That Kelvin MacDonald be appointed as a Specialist Adviser to advise the
Committee on planning and related matters.
4. Local Authority Commissioners
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Local Authority Commissioners
(LAC) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
02 Tower Hamlets Election Petitioners
03 Telford and Wrecken Council’s Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee
04 Dr Laurence Ferry
05 Mr Zulfqar Ahmed
07 RCS
08 Ms Jane Swallow
09 Rotherham Commissioners
10 Sir Ken Knight
11 Rotherham Council
12 Local Government Association
13 London Borough of Tower Hamlets
14 UKIP
15 Venture Taxis
16 Department for Communities and Local Government
17 T Appleyard
18 Rotherham Council
21 Gerry O’Leary
Councillor Chris Read, Leader, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Mary Ney,
Supporting Commissioner, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, John Biggs, Mayor,
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and Sir Ken Knight, Lead Commissioner, London
Borough of Tower Hamlets, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 4 July at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 4 July 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Julian Knight
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That Raphael Wittenberg, London School of Economics, and Emerita Professor
Caroline Glendinning be appointed as Specialist Advisers to advise the Committee in relation
to Adult Social Care.
3. Local Plans Expert Group
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Local Plans Expert Group (LEG) be
reported to the House for publication on the internet:
01 Mr Shaun Cunningham
02 Mr Steve Lees
03 McCarthy and Stone
06 Society of Poole Men
07 Historic Houses Association
08 British Society for Population Studies
09 CLA
10 East Riding of Yorkshire Council
11 National Trust
12 Wildlife and Countryside Link
13 Local Government Association
14 Gladman Developments Ltd
15 CPRE
16 Dover District Council
17 Turley and Peel Land and Property
18 Friends of the Earth
19 Town and Country Planning Association
20 Woodland Trust
22 Allyson Spicer
24 Heritage Alliance
25 British Property Federation
26 Royal Town Planning Institute
27 Community Voice on Planning
29 Historic England
30 South East England Councils
31 Mr Gregory Ball
32 Theatres Trust
33 Jam Consult Ltd
34 RIBA
35 Green Balance
36 Hambleton District Council
37 RSPB
38 Shropshire Council
39 CPRE Lancashire
40 CIHT
41 Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers: England
42 Mrs Angela Stevens
43 RICS
44 London Borough of Islington
45 Civic Voice
46 Opinion Research Services Ltd
47 Peter Brett Associates
48 Fleur Perry
49 Dr Robert Pritchard
50 Home Builders Federation
52 London Forum of Amenity and Civic Society
4. Local Plans Expert Group
Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local
Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 18 July at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 18 July 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Homelessness
Draft Report (Homelessness), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 40.
3. Local Authority Commissioners
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Local Authority Commissioners (LAC) submitted
by Sir Derek Myers, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Local Plans Expert Group
Kelvin MacDonald declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of
13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Local Plans Expert Group (LEG) be
reported to the House for publication on the internet:
53 Justin Gardner Consulting
54 Lepus Consulting Ltd
55 City of London Corporation
John Rhodes OBE, Chair, Local Plans Expert Group, and Matthew Spry, Special Adviser to
the Local Plans Expert Group, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 20 July at 10.00 a.m.
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
David Mackintosh
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Local Authority Commissioners
Draft Report (Government interventions: the use of Commissioners in Rotherham
Metropolitan District Council and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets), proposed by the
Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 42.
[Adjourned till Monday 5 September at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 5 September 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) be reported
to the House for publication on the internet:
002 Anon Anon
003 Adaptive Technology Europe Ltd
004 Ribble Valley Citizens Advice Bureau
005 Dr Elizabeth Guest
006 Solitaire Home Care Services
008 Bedford Citizens Housing Association
009 Housing Learning and Improvement Network
010 London Borough of Havering
011 Inclusion London
012 East Sussex County Council
014 St Helens Council
016 Coverage Care Services
018 College of Occupational Therapists
019 Shared Lives Plus
020 Kent Integrated Care Alliance
021 Horizon Senior Care Ltd
023 Tunstall Healthcare
024 Mr Robin Sutton
025 UNISON
026 Jon Glasby
027 Care Association Alliance
028 Ann Coffey
029 Techscheme Ltd
030 Care Sector Innovations
031 Three Cs Support
032 The Abbeyfield Maidenhead Society Ltd
033 Surrey Care Association
034 Brighterkind
035 Kent County Council
036 Mrs Mandy Abbey
037 Nutricia: Advanced Medical Nutrition
038 Mr Clive Lewis
039 Lady Iveta Kurpniece
040 Mrs Jane Caygill
041 Chartered Institute of Housing
042 Somerset Care Ltd
043 VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group)
044 Lancashire Care Association Co. Ltd
045 Precious Caring Ltd
046 British Medical Association
048 Hull City Council
049 The Camphill Village Trust
050 Silver Voices
051 London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
052 Scope
053 The Brendoncare Foundation
054 Anson Care Services
056 Dr Keith Blois
057 Martha Trust
058 LivesthroughFriends CIC
059 The Avenues Group Trust
060 Parkinson’s UK
061 Jewish Care
062 Kent Integrated Care Alliance
063 BASW
064 Fincch Ltd
065 Heritage Care
066 International Longevity Centre UK
067 Independent Age
068 Vanguard
069 Sir Stephen Bubb
070 Alzheimer’s Society
071 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
072 Nottingham City Council
073 Guild Care
074 Action for M.E.
075 Local Government Association
076 Camphill Family and Friends
077 Lifeways Group
078 Foundations
079 SIGOMA
080 Disability Rights UK
081 Royal College of Nursing
083 Thurrock Coalition
084 United for All Ages
085 Catherine Emma Gibbons
086 Prison Reform Trust
087 ResPublica
088 Brunelcare
089 Headway – the brain injury association
090 Action on Hearing Loss
091 Surrey Care Association
092 Oxfordshire Association of Care Providers CIC
093 Save Autism Services Haringey
094 Mrs Rosemary Trustam
095 Jackie Luland
096 Down’s Syndrome Association
097 Bupa UK
098 Care England
099 Registered Nursing Home Association
100 South West England
101 Healthwatch Cambridgeshire
102 Paul Milton
103 Norfolk County Council
104 Carers Trust
105 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
106 Home of Comfort for Invalids
107 The Disabilities Trust
108 Leonard Cheshire Disability
109 Isle of Wight Council
110 Later Life Ambitions
112 Motor Neurone Disease Association
113 Choice Care Group
114 National Care Forum
115 United Response
116 Sense
117 MHA
119 Hft
120 Cornwall Partners in Care
121 British Red Cross
122 Rochdale Borough Council
123 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
124 The Alliance for Camphill
125 Exalon Autonomy Group Ltd
126 Home Group
127 Liverpool City Council
128 Midland Heart Ltd
129 London Borough of Camden
130 Newcastle City Council
131 Local Government Ombudsman
132 Bristol City Council
133 London Borough of Newham
134 ADASS
135 Southern Healthcare
136 Learning Disability England
137 Royal National Institute of Blind People
138 Rutland County Council
139 NW ADASS
140 Learning Disability Voices
3. Local Authority Commissioners
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Local Authority Commissioners
(LAC) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
22 Cllr Peter Golds
23 Sir Derek Myers
4. Local Plans Expert Group
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Local Plans Expert Group (LEG) be
reported to the House for publication on the internet:
53 Justin Gardner Consulting
54 Lepus Consulting Ltd
55 City of London Corporation
5. Rent Reduction
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Rent Reduction, from the Secretary of State for
Work and Pensions, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
6. Homelessness Reduction Bill
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Homelessness Reduction Bill (HRB)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
01 Andy Gale
02 City of York Council
03 Ryedale District Council
04 Association of Housing Advice Services
05 The Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance
06 Homeless Link
07 Waverley Borough Council
08 National Landlords Association
09 Generation Rent
10 Local Government Association
11 Salford City Council
12 Greater Manchester Housing Needs Group
13 Braintree District Council
14 National Practitioner Support Service
15 Crawley Borough Council
16 The Children’s Society
17 London Councils
18 Runnymede Borough Council
19 Harrow Council
20 Crisis
21 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
22 West London Housing Partnership
23 Centrepoint
24 Guildford Borough Council
25 London Borough of Redbridge
26 Wandsworth Council
27 Joseph Rowntree Foundation
28 The London Borough of Lewisham
29 NOAH Enterprise
30 Shelter
31 Bedford Borough Council
32 Squatters Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH)
33 East London Housing Partnership
34 The Papercup Project
35 St Mungo’s
Kate Webb, Head of Policy, Shelter, Matthew Downie, Director of Policy and External
Affairs, Crisis, Dominic Williamson, Executive Director of Strategy and Policy, St Mungo's,
Justine Harris, Housing Options Manager, Brighton and Hove City Council, Rhys Makinson,
Director of Housing Support Services, London Borough of Camden, Councillor Frank Hont,
Cabinet Member for Housing, Liverpool City Council, and Heather Wood, Head of Housing
Advice and Options, South Cambridgeshire District Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 12 September at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 12 September 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee visit Berlin in connection with its inquiries into Adult Social
Care and Capacity in the home building industry.
2. Homelessness Reduction Bill
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Homelessness Reduction Bill (HRB)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
36 YMCA England
37 Agenda
38 Clara St Kilda
39 Housing Law Practitioners Association
40 Elmbridge Borough Council
41 Greater London Authority
3. Adult Social Care
Professor Caroline Glendinning and Mr Raphael Wittenberg declared their interests, in
accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) be reported
to the House for publication on the internet:
141 Lancashire County Council
142 Knowsley Council
143 Humberside Independent Care Association Ltd
145 British Healthcare Trades Association
146 Gateshead Council
147 Essex Independent Care Association
148 Turning Point
149 London Councils
150 Leicester City Council
151 Age UK
152 Healthwatch Essex
153 The Health Foundation
154 Recovery Focus
155 Care and Support Alliance
156 Richmond Mencap
157 Eden Futures
158 Merton Centre for Independent Living
159 Haringey Council
160 Co-operatives UK
161 Carers UK
162 West Berkshire Council
163 National AIDS Trust
164 Centre for Welfare Reform
165 Miss Fleur Perry
166 St Ronans Care Home
167 Sefton Council
168 The Relatives and Residents Association
169 Ms Heather Falconer
170 Real Life Options
171 ASASS South East Region
172 South East Strategic Leaders
173 United Kingdom Homecare Association
174 Royal College of Psychiatrists
175 The Salvation Army
176 Mrs Susan Hurst
177 Mrs Jenny Piercy
178 Mr Duncan Cameron
179 Botton Village Families Group
180 Mrs Kay Wilson
181 Mrs Elizabeth Robertson
182 Mr William Walker
183 Mrs Fran Francis
184 Mr Derek Peedell
185 Mrs Mary Peedell
186 Mr Max White
187 Mrs Pippa Unwin
190 Mrs Christine Dunlop
191 Mrs Sally Murray-Jones
192 Surrey County Council
195 Cambridgeshire County Council, Essex County Council, Hertfordshire County
Coucil, Norfolk County Council, Suffolk County Council, Southend Council and
Thurrock Council
197 Elder
198 The Kings Fund and the Nuffield Trust
199 Northamptonshire County Council
200 National Audit Office
203 Shaping Our Lives
204 County Councils Network
205 National Pensioners Convention
206 Ms Jayne Swallow
Vicky McDermott, Chair, Care and Support Alliance, Dr José-Luis Fernández, Deputy
Director, Personal Social Services Research Unit, LSE, and Richard Humphries,
Assistant Director Policy, The King's Fund, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 September at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Jim McMahon
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Homelessness Reduction Bill
Giles Peaker, Executive Member for Parliamentary Liaison, Housing Law Practitioners
Association, Chris Norris, Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Research, National Landlords
Association, Neil Wightman, Co-Chair, Association of Housing Advice Services, and
Lindsay Megson, Head of Service, National Practitioners Support Service; Marcus Jones MP,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Local Government, and Dee
O'Donnell, Head, Homelessness and Support Division, Department for Communities and
Local Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 10 October at 3.15 p.m.
Monday 10 October 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Homelessness Reduction Bill
Draft Report (Homelessness Reduction Bill), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 635.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Homelessness Reduction Bill (HRB)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
42 London Borough of Newham
43 North London Housing Partnership
44 Westminster City Council
45 Birmingham City Council
46 The Riverside Group Ltd
47 Chartered Institute of Housing
48 Southwark Council
49 Crisis
50 Housing Justice
51 Harrow Council
52 London Borough of Camden
53 The Salvation Army
54 Maidstone Borough Council
56 Neil Morland Housing Consultant Ltd
58 Reigate & Banstead BC
59 Nottingham City Homelessness Prevention Strategic Implementation Group
60 Sevenoaks District Council
61 Mole Valley District Council
3. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building
industry (BLD) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
001 David Cooper & Co
002 Mr Daniel Scharf
003 McCarthy & Stone
004 Farnham PLACE Group
005 The Smith Institute
06 Land Planning Associates
007 International Longevity Centre UK
008 ATTMA
009 Residential Landlords Association
010 South Gloucestershire Council
011 The Hyde Group
012 University of Northampton
013 Mr Daniel Bentley
014 Swan Housing
015 Places for People Group
016 Council of Mortgage Lenders
017 Peabody
018 Norfolk Homes Ltd
019 Council of Mortgage Lenders
020 South East England Councils
021 Shelter
022 HWO Architects
023 Dr Tim Brown
024 The Nationwide Foundation
025 Royal Town Planning Institute
026 The Intergenerational Foundation
027 Urban Development Ltd
028 247 Living UK Ltd
029 Enevate Building Systems Ltd
030 Professor Nicholas Whitehouse
031 Dr Sarah Payne
032 Local Government Association
033 Affordable Homes UK & Benfield ATT Group
034 South Norfolk Council
035 Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
036 Savills plc
037 Association of Local Govt Archaeological Officers
038 Bioregional
039 Devonshire Homes Ltd
040 g15
041 Cheyne Capital
042 Taylor Wimpey UK
043 District Councils Network
044 Regeneration X
045 Rated People
046 Larkfleet Homes
048 LendInvest
049 London Borough of Newham
050 Demos
051 Building and Social Housing Foundation
052 Rentplus
053 Westbuild Homes
054 CIH
055 Leeds City Council
056 L&Q
057 Sheffield Hallam University
058 Woodland Trust
059 Home Builders Federation
060 Greater Manchester Combined Authority
061 Campaign to Protect Rural England (Kent)
062 Mr Terry Adams
063 National Housing Federation
064 Igloo Regeneration
065 RIBA
066 London Borough of Southwark
067 Beau Homes
068 DCLG
069 Westbuild Homes
070 Funding Options Ltd
071 Federation of Master Builders
072 CITB
073 Mayor of London
4. Public Parks
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
001 Mrs Sue Korman
002 Grenville Nation
003 Mrs Susan Lofthouse
004 Friends of Queens Park
005 Ms Julia Matcham
006 Sarah Hughes
007 Mr Ian Mursell
008 Sally Cranfield
009 Mrs Belinda Walker
010 Dr Isabelle de Zoysa
011 Mr Clive Durdle
012 Mr David Geall
013 Clapham Park West Residents Association
014 Mrs Anita Grice-Goldsmith
015 Leicestershire Local Access Forum
016 Mr George Broughton
017 Esther Priestley
018 David Harrison
020 Mrs Mary Gange
021 Friends of Robinswood Hill
022 Mr A R Bowden
023 Mrs Mechelle Jacques
024 Trafford Labour Group
026 Friends of Page Park
027 Mrs Rhoda Burns
028 Mr Phil Pairpoint
029 S:Park
030 Trees and Design Action Group
032 Haggerston Park User Group
033 The Froglife Trust
034 British Crown Green Bowling Association
035 Malmesbury Concert Band
036 Mr Anthony Coyle
037 Lynda Cole
038 Newcastle Parks Forum
039 Mrs Ann Gates
040 Francisco Aguilar
041 M I H Becket
042 Friends of Trafford’s Parks and Green Spaces
043 Ms Rosemary Perkins
044 walking 4 health
045 Mrs Sarah Witney
046 Urban Pollinators Ltd
047 Mr Graeme Moore
049 Dr Lydia Plackett
050 Mr Ian Stewart
051 Friends of Moss Bank Park
052 Ardington and Lockinge Parish Council
053 Better Archway Forum
054 Mr Jeremy Stone
055 Field Studies Council
056 Friends of Victoria Park, Stretford
057 Friends of Leazes Park
058 Mr Christopher Worman MBE
059 Highfield Park Trust
060 London Tree Officers Association
061 Pavilions for Music CIC
062 Dog Owners Against Discrimination
063 Friends of Moss Bank Park
064 Mr Mark Driver
065 Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens
066 Friends of West End Park
067 Hampshire Gardens Trust
068 Gloucester Local Access Forum
069 Learning through Landscapes
070 Mr Keith Brackstone
071 Friends of Queens Park
072 Friends of Mewsbrook Park
073 Friends of Abington Park
075 Friends of Herrington Country Park
076 Dr Julian Kennedy
077 Mr Rob Burns
078 Mrs Jane Edwards
079 Friends of Lilford Park CiC
082 Professor Emerita Annabelle Mark
083 Heather Williams
084 The Parks Alliance
085 Mrs Julia Trocme-Latter
086 Friends of St James’ Garden
088 Friends of Normanton Park
089 Mr Ken Johnson
090 Mr William Hodgkinson
091 Lynn Good
092 Core Cities Parks and Greenspace Group
093 Friends of Chapeltown & High Green Parks
094 Ms Dawn Carey Jones
095 Friends of Chapeltown & High Green Parks
096 Friends of Walkden Gardens, Sale
097 Friends of Victoria Park (Stafford)
098 Mr Ruari Muir
099 Derbyshire County Council
100 Tyne & Wear Joint Local Access Forum
101 Bernays Gardens Community Group
102 The Kennel Club
103 The Parks Agency Ltd
104 Staffordshire County Council
105 Harrow Recreation Ground Steering Group
106 Mrs Margaret Boggs
107 Mrs Stephanie Roberts
108 Botanic Gardens Community Association
109 OPENspace research centre, University of Edinburgh
110 Dr Wendy Rees
111 Vision-Redbridge Culture and Leisure
112 Ivybridge Town Council
113 Friends of Kennington Park
114 Mr Martin Small
115 Mr David Roberts
116 Waterplay Solutions Ltd
117 Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardents
119 Streatham Common Cooperative
122 Mr Maxwell Lang
127 Green Space Wales
128 Maureen Clark-Darby
129 Mrs Gillian Costello
130 Friends of Kingswood Park
131 Friends of Chase Green
132 Berkshire Gardens Trust
134 Mrs Michelle Furtado
135 Durham County Council
136 The Land Trust
137 The Friends of Muswell Hill Playing Fields
138 Friends of Brockwell Park
139 Friends of Barnes Park Sunderland
140 Mrs Kate Martin
141 Friends of Longrun Meadow
142 Mr Bernard Sheridan
143 Friends of Wandsworth Park
144 Rimrose Valley Friends
145 Birmingham & Black Country Local Nature Partnership
146 Sefton Council
147 Keep Britain Tidy
148 Save Haggerston Park
149 ResPublica
150 Biggin Hill Friends of the Parks
151 The Ramblers
152 England Athletics
153 Dorset Local Access Forum
154 Miss Charlotte Pither
155 Friends of Longford Park
156 University of Leeds
157 Plymouth Open Spaces Network
158 Cheshire East Local Access Forum
160 Mr Gregory Gale
161 Open Spaces Society
162 London Geodiversity Partnership
163 Dr Dan Bloomfield
164 London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network
165 Mr William McKinney
166 Friends of Lordship Rec
168 Felling Activity Project Group
169 Save Lea Marshes
170 Alan Darnell
171 Coventry City Council
172 Dr Terence Hegarty
173 Newcastle University
174 Ms Sarah Couch
176 Dr Paul Norman
177 Greenspace Scotland
178 Play Torbay
179 Vicky Cole
180 Harrow Parks Forum
181 ParksHerts
183 Ms Susan Palmer
184 Mr Peter McKay
185 Play Wales
186 Sport and Recreation Alliance
187 Dr Ian Mell
188 Friends of High Hazels Park
189 Warley Woods Community Trust
190 Paths for All
191 Borough of Poole
192 The Gardens Trust
193 Southwark Council
194 NALC
195 Historic England
196 Friends of Shepherds Hill Gardens
197 Mr Wasyl Strutynskyj
198 Essex Bridleways Association
199 Friends of Blythe Hill Fields
201 Friends of Bromley Town Parks and Gardens
202 Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve
203 Friends of Vauxhall Park
204 Mrs Christina Wakefield
205 Enfield Council
206 Consortium of Friends of Enfield’s Parks
207 Mr Reginald Norgan
208 Dr Claudio De Magalhaes
209 Mr Harvey Hamilton-Thorpe
210 The Upper Street Residents Association
211 CPRE London
212 London Parks Benchmarking Group
214 Mr Colin Horton
215 Nene Park Trust
216 Friends of Saltwell Park
217 Friends of the Vines Rochester
218 Highbury Community Association
219 Friends of the Tarn
220 The Friends of Meads Parks and Gardens
221 Mr Nigel Neil
222 The Friends of Priory Park Warwick
223 Friends of Victoria Park Leicester
225 Eltham North Conservatives
226 Ronald Stewart
227 Bristol Parks Forum
228 Little Forest Folk Ltd
229 Parks for London
230 Ms Vida Kwotuah
231 Friends of Onchan Park
232 Mrs Clare O’Meara
233 South Ashford Community Forum
234 Mrs Donna Goodsell
235 Friends of Gladstone Park
236 Gary Lovelock
237 The Clapham Society
238 Rosalind Merrick
239 38%
241 Rugby Borough Council
242 Mr Nicholas Dyson
243 Friends of Kelvingrove Park
244 Sheffield Civic Trust
245 Friends of Langmeads
246 Nesta
247 Mrs Susanna Norris
248 Friends of Caversham Court Gardens
249 Heather Martin
250 Professor Robert Lee
5. Rotherham Taxis
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Rotherham Taxis, with Rotherham Metropolitan
Borough Council, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
6. Department for Communities and Local Government delays
Ordered, That correspondence relating to delays, with the Department for Communities and
Local Government, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
7. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) be reported
to the House for publication on the internet:
210 Bristol Disability Forum
211 NHSCC
212 Mr Colin Slasberg
216 DCLG & DoH
217 The Co-operative Party
Ray James, Immediate Past President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Care, Sarah
Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association, and James Lloyd, Associate
Fellow, The Strategic Society Centre; Councillor Jason Arthur, Lead Member for Finance and
Health, London Borough of Haringey, Councillor Colin Noble, Spokesperson for Health and
Social Care, County Councils Network, and Tony Kirkham, Director of Resources, Newcastle
City Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 17 October at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 17 October 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence relating to funding for supported housing, with the
Department for Communities and Local Government, be reported to the House for
publication on the internet.
3. Public Parks
Resolved, that the Committee visit Newcastle on 7 November in connection with its inquiry
into Public Parks.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
081 Warwickshire County Council Parks Manager
251 Surrey Playing Fields
252 Stockport Council
253 Bath & North East Somerset Council
254 Mr Paul Reading
255 Birley Community Primary School
256 Groundwork
257 University of Westminster
258 South Gloucestershire Council
259 Lawn Tennis Association
260 Paul Milton
261 Live Nation Entertainment Inc
262 Dorset County Council
263 Harlow Council
264 Public Health England
265 Cheshire Gardens Trust
266 London Borough of Brent
267 Middlesbrough Parks and Green Spaces Forum
268 Surrey Parks and Countryside Forum
269 CPRE Lancashire
270 London Sport
271 Strategic Green and Open Spaces Review Board Liverpool
272 Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Heath Neighbourhood Forum
273 Friends of Finsbury Park
274 Ms Katharine Kirkbride
275 Heritage Lottery Fund
276 The Heath and Hampstead Society
277 Dulwich Park Friends
278 Urban FWAC Network
279 PlayBoard NI
280 Avenue House Estate Trust
281 The Clissold Park User Group
282 Stephen Hobbs
283 Pupils 2 Parliament
284 Friends of Grangewood Park
285 Hestercome Gardens Trust
286 Leeds Parks and Green Spaces Forum
287 Woodland Trust
288 Alex Schneiderman
289 Kent County Council
290 West Midlands Parks Forum
291 Living Streets
292 Centre for Diet and Activity Research, University of Cambridge
293 Maidstone Borough Council
294 Dorset Local Nature Partnership
295 Luton Friends of Parks and Green Spaces
296 Dr Abigail Gilmore
297 Arup
298 parkrun Ltd
299 Friends of Moor Nook Park
300 Landscape Institute
301 Mr Michael Rowan
302 Save the Beckenham 18
303 Ms Tracey Brown
304 Association for Public Service Excellence
305 the British Horse Society
306 Parks for the People, Lancaster Green Spaces
308 Dr Bridget Snaith
309 The Chief Cultural & Leisure Officers Association
310 Sheffield City Council
311 Fields in Trust
312 Friends of Penge Green
313 Derby and Derbyshire Local Access Forum
314 Mrs Meredith Whitten
315 Department for Communities and Local Government
316 Sportsroots
317 The Friends of Crows Nest Park
318 The Conservation Volunteers
319 Newcastle City Council
320 ukactive
321 StreetGames
322 IWUN
323 Mind
324 Mr Peter Neal
325 Richard Styles
326 Our Ground
327 Truro City Council
328 Sue Clarke
329 Friends of the Carrs
330 Friends of Trendlewood Park
331 Parks for London
332 Mr Mark Winslow
333 SportEngland
334 Hampshire County Council
335 London Borough of Camden
336 Greater London Authority
337 Big Lottery Fund
338 Mr Paul Bramhill
339 Iain MacKay
340 London Play
341 Dr Simone Fullagar
342 Friends of Victoria Embankment
344 London Parks and Gardens Trust
346 Hoole Residents/Hoole Community Forum
347 Protect Clarence Park
348 Mr Charles King-Farlow
349 LDA Design Consulting Ltd
350 We Own It
4. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building
industry (BLD) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
074 BFP
075 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs, Home Builders Federation, Richard Blyth, Head
of Policy, Practice and Research, Royal Town Planning Institute, David Cowans, Chief
Executive, Places for People, and Sarah McMonagle, Director of External Affairs, Federation
of Master Builders, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 24 October at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 24 October 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by Essential Living, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Public Parks
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
351 Angling Trust
352 Friends of Battersea Park
353 Stephen Smith
354 Mr Christian Krekel
355 Professor Dr Paul Ekins
356 Philip Stones
357 Susan Hedley
358 Children’s Play Policy Forum
359 Shared Assets
360 Friends of St Nicholas Park
361 Professor Daniel Osborn
362 Bournemouth Borough Council
363 Green Connect
364 Miss Poppy Morgan
365 Mike Windsor Associates
366 Friends of Walton Hall Park
367 Royal Town Planning Institute
368 Town & Country Planning Institute
369 Mrs Susan Lees
370 Colin Stuart
371 West of England Nature Partnership
372 Mr Simon Newton
373 Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
374 Mrs Edwina Osborne
375 Friends of St George’s Gardens
376 Reading Civic Society
377 Lambeth Parks and Open Spaces Forum
378 Sam Thomas
379 Leeds City Council
380 Deborah Jamison
381 Birmingham City Council
382 Sheffield Green Spaces Forum
383 Victoria Park Action Group
384 Elizabeth Lowe
385 Dr Peter Newton
386 Chippenham Town Council
387 City of London Corporation
388 Michelle Rispin
390 Alec Samuels
391 Haringey Friends of Parks Forum
392 38 Degrees
393 Greenwich Parks Forum
394 R Ward
395 Mary O’Connor
396 Friends of Gillespie Park
397 The Football Association
398 Friends of the Arno and Oxton Fields
399 Crystal Bowls Club
400 NFPGS
401 Friends of Queensbury Recreation Ground
402 World Urban Parks
403 Mr Terry Sweeney
404 Haringey Council
405 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
406 London Borough of Waltham Forest
408 National Trust
Robert Thompson, Charlotte Woodworth, Imogen Taylor, Ceri Love and Baxter McLewin-
Freund from 38 Degrees; Sue Ireland, Vice Chair, The Parks Alliance, Peter Neal, Author of
State of UK Parks 2016, Ellie Robinson, Assistant Director of External Affairs, National
Trust, and Drew Bennellick, Head of Landscape and Natural Heritage UK, Heritage Lottery
Fund; Dave Morris, Chair, National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces, Ben Shimshon,
Founding Partner, Britain Thinks, Emma Boggis, Chief Executive, Sports and Recreation
Alliance, and Will Smithard, Strategic Projects Director, ukactive, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 October at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
David Behan, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission, Professor Keith Moultrie, Institute
for Public Care, Paul Simic, Chief Executive, Lancashire Care Association, and Janice Dane,
Assistant Director, Early Help and Prevention, Norfolk County Council; Professor Martin
Green, Chief Executive, Care England, Colin Angel, Policy and Campaigns Director,
UKHCA, Andrew Dykes, Chairman, Exalon Autonomy Group, and Tim Hammond, Chief
Executive, Four Seasons Health Care, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 31 October at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 31 October 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by the Social
Policy Research Unit, University of York, be reported to the House for publication on the
internet.
3. Public Parks
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
409 Helen Steel
410 David France
411 Gilbrook and Kilgarth Schools
412 Mr Alex Baxter-Brown
413 Friends of Chiltern Court
4. Capacity in the home building industry
David Jenkinson, Group Managing Director, Persimmon PLC, David Thomas, Group Chief
Executive, Barratt Developments PLC, and Pete Redfern, Chief Executive, Taylor Wimpey
PLC, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 November at 9.30 a.m.
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of
Local Government Ombudsman
Michael King, the Government’s preferred candidate, gave oral evidence.
Draft Report (Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the
post of Local Government Ombudsman), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 737.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 November at 2.45 p.m.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Declaration of interests
Rushanara Ali and Melanie Onn declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by Four
Seasons Health Care, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Public Parks
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
414 Nigel Sharp
415 Birmingham Open Spaces Forum
5. Work of the Department for Communities and Local Government 2016
Rt. Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State, Gavin Barwell MP, Minister for Housing and
Planning, Minister for London, Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Minister for Local Government, and Andrew Percy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, Department for Communities and Local
Government., gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 14 November at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 14 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Public Parks
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by Friends of Hurst
Park, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
Councillor Lisa Trickett, Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment,
Birmingham City Council, Andrew Hinchley, Green Space Development Manager, 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, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 November at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK, Councillor Rory
Palmer, Lead Member for Adult Social Care, Leicester City Council, and Dr Linda Pickard,
Associate Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics; Peter Turner, Chief
Executive, Carers First (Kent and Medway), Margaret Dangoor, Carer and Carer
Representative, Lana Harber, Carer, and Christine Euman, Carer, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 21 November at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 21 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Julian Knight
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Public Parks
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) be reported to
the House for publication on the internet:
418 Bryn Jones
419 Peter Neal
3. Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of
Local Government Ombudsman
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s
preferred candidate for the post of Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), submitted by the
Department for Communities and Local Government, be reported to the House for
publication on the internet.
4. Capacity in the home building industry
Daniel Gath, Managing Director, Daniel Gath Homes, Rt Hon. David Heathcoat-Amory,
Director, Devonshire Homes Ltd, and Adrian Swan, Managing Director, Swan Homes; Chris
Brown, Executive Chair and Founder, Igloo Regeneration, Michael Holmes, Chair, National
Custom and Self Build Association, Christine Hynes, Chief Executive Officer,
24:7LivingUK, and Marc Vlessing, Chief Executive Officer, Pocket Living, gave oral
evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 November at 9.45 a.m.
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Public Parks
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, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 28 November at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 28 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Oversight and scrutiny in local government;
Housing for older people; and Funding for supported housing.
2. Public Parks
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by Birmingham
City Council, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Adult Social Care
Jon Rouse, Chief Officer, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership , Professor
Gerald Wistow, Visiting Professor in Social Policy, LSE, and Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive,
Local Government Association; Alison Rogan, External Affairs Director, Tunstall
Healthcare, Karen Kibblewhite, Head of Commissioning - Health and Wellbeing, Rutland
County Council, and Alex Fox, Chief Executive, Shared Lives Plus, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 November at 3.45 p.m.
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Capacity in the home building industry
Sandra Dinneen, Chief Executive, South Norfolk Council, Councillor Peter John, Leader of
the Council, London Borough of Southwark, and Tim Hill, Chief Planning Officer, Leeds
City Council; Kathleen Kelly, Assistant Director of Policy and Research, National Housing
Federation, David Montague, Chief Executive, L&Q, and Matt Harrison, Chief Executive,
Great Places, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 5 December at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 5 December 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by Daniel Gath Homes, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence with the Department for Communities and Local Government
relating to the fair funding review and housing build-out rates, be reported to the House for
publication on the internet.
4. Public Parks
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by the Town and
Country Planning Association, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
Andrew Percy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern
Powerhouse, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 December at 3.00 p.m.
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Helen Hayes
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Public Parks
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by Save Newcastle
Wildlife, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by the National Custom and Self-Build Association, be reported to the House for
publication on the internet.
4. Adult Social Care
Stephen Dorrell, Chair, NHS Confederation, and Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS
England, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 19 December at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 19 December 2016
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Public Parks
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by the Landscape
Institute, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
[Adjourned till Monday 9 January at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 9 January 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by the PSA
Commission on Care, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by Heylo, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Public Parks
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by the Parks
Alliance, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Integration Review
Dame Louise Casey CB, and Neil O’Conner, Director, Casey Review, Department for
Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 January at 3.45 p.m.
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Department for Communities and Local Government Annual Report and Accounts
2016
Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary, and Simon Ridley, Director General, Decentralisation
and Growth, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 16 January at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 16 January 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Alison Thewliss
1. Housing Associations and the Right to Buy
Draft Report (Housing Associations and the Right to Buy: Homes and Communities Agency
Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015-16), proposed by the Chair,
brought up and read.
The Homes and Communities Agency Response to the Second Report of the Committee in
Session 2015-16 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence relating to the Fair Funding Review and Funding for
Supported Housing, submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government,
be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Public Parks
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Public Parks (PKS) submitted by Mr Graeme
Moore, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
5. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by the National House Building Council, be reported to the House for publication
on the internet.
Mark Farmer, Chief Executive, Cast Consultancy, Philip Callan, Research Associate,
ResPublica, and Michael Ball, Professor of Urban and Property Economics, Henley Business
School, University of Reading, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 23 January at 2.30 p.m.
Monday 23 January 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Julian Knight
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence relating to build-out rates, submitted by the Department for
Communities and Local Government, be reported to the House for publication on the
internet.
3. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted anonymously, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
4. Adult Social Care
Larry Gardner, Anna Severwright, Isaac Samuels, Heather Wakefield, National Secretary for
Local Government, UNISON, Sharon Allen, Chief Executive, Skills for Care, and Clare
Jacobs, Employment Relations Adviser, Royal College of Nursing, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 30 January at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 30 January 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Mr Mark Prisk
1. Public Parks
Draft Report (Public Parks), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 45.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by The Kings’
Fund, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local
Government, David Mowat MP, Minister for Communities, Health and Care, Department of
Health, and Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work,
Department for Work and Pensions, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 6 February at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 6 February 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by County
Councils Network, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence with the Department for Communities and Local Government
relating to integration strategy and planning permissions and build-out rates, be reported to
the House for publication on the internet.
4. Capacity in the home building industry
Sir Edward Lister, Chairman, Gordon More, Chief Investment Officer, and Ian Piper, Head of
Land, Homes and Communities Agency; Paul Smee, Director General, Council of Mortgage
Lenders, Lewis Sidnick, Director of Coporate Affairs, NHBC, and Samantha Fernley,
Business Development Executive, BLP Consultant, BOPAS, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 20 February at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 20 February 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Adult Social Care
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by Mrs Diane
Wall, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
2. Department for Communities and Local Government
Ordered, That correspondence with the Department for Communities and Local Government
relating to Local Plans Expert Group, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 February at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
[The Committee met concurrently with the Work and Pensions Committee]
Members present:
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
The following members of the Work and Pensions Committee were also present (Standing
Order No. 137A).
Richard Graham
Heidi Allen
James Cartlidge
Mr Richard Graham was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
Future of Supported Housing
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
001 Mr Steven Hayes
005 Inclusion Housing
006 Lady Iveta Kurpniece
007 National Housing Federation
008 Sense
009 Riverside Group Ltd
010 Anchor, Hanover and Housing & Care 21 housing associations
011 PlaceShapers
012 mcch
013 Stockport Homes
014 Waltham Forest Housing Association
015 Mr Martin Mellors
016 Erosh
017 Fortis Living Housing Association
018 Knightstone Housing Association
020 Almshouse Association
021 Hanover Housing Association
022 Shelter
023 The Salvation Army
024 Mr Cyril Bezant
025 S&A Homes
026 Havant Housing Association
027 Grand Union Housing Group
028 CESSA HA
030 Kirklees Council
031 Octavia Housing
032 Papworth Trust
033 South Yorkshire Housing Association
034 YMCA
035 Black Country Housing Group
036 Housing Support Enabling Unit
037 Mencap
038 Housing and Care 21
039 Harrow Council
040 Hestia Housing & Support
041 Renfrewshire Council
042 Christian Action Housing
043 Crosby Housing Association
044 Impact Housing Association
045 Support Solutions UK
046 Clinks
047 London Borough of Lambeth
048 Metropolitan
049 Solihull MBC
050 LB Hackney
051 Gwent Welfare Reform Partnership
052 Alpha Homes
053 The YOU Trust
054 St Mungo’s
055 Women’s Aid
056 Paragon Community Housing Ltd
057 Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
058 Anchor
059 Stonewater
060 Learning Disability Voices
061 New Charter Group
062 Emmaus UK
063 Bromford
064 Golden Lane Housing
066 Kent County Council
067 Progress Housing Group
068 Housing Link
069 Housing for Women
071 Southampton City Council
072 Hull Churches Housing Association
073 Incommunities
074 Midland Heart
075 Lifeways Group
076 Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation
077 Homeless Action Scotland
078 East Thames Ltd
079 Thirteen Group
080 Knowsley Supported Living Provider Forum
081 South Gloucestershire Council
082 BCHA
083 Reside Housing Association
084 Community Housing Cymru
085 whg
086 Greater Manchester Housing Providers & Local Authorities
087 St Basils
088 AmicusHorizon Housing Association
089 ARCO
090 Essex County Council
David Orr, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation, Zhan McIntrye, Policy Lead,
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, and Dr Jonathan Hobson, Academic Subject
Leader Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 27 February at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 27 February 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Capacity in the home building industry
Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, and Isobel Stephen, Director
of Housing Supply, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 February at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Melanie Onn
Alison Thewliss
Adult Social Care
Draft Report (Adult social care: a pre-Budget report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and
read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Eighth Report of the Committee, HC 47.
[Adjourned till Monday 6 March at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 6 March 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Rushanara Ali
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Melanie Onn
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That correspondence with the National Audit Office relating to adult social care, be
reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill
Michael King, Local Government Ombudsman and Denise Fowler, Housing Ombudsman,
gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 March at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 7 March 2017
[The Committee met concurrently with the Work and Pensions Committee]
Members present:
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
The following members of the Work and Pensions Committee were also present (Standing
Order No. 137A).
Richard Graham
Heidi Allen
James Cartlidge
Karen Buck
Neil Coyle
Helen Hayes was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
Future of Supported Housing
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, that the Joint Committee visit the Arlington Conference Centre, London in
connection with its inquiry into Future of Supported Housing.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
091 Framework Housing Association
092 CIH
094 Scottish Women’s Aid
096 Family Mosaic Housing
098 Greater London Authority
099 Nottingham Trent University
100 Homeless Link
101 Age UK
102 Accord Group
103 Centrepoint
104 Prison Reform Trust
105 DCLG/DWP
106 Refuge
107 Simon Cramp
108 Rethink Mental Illness
Tessa Bolt, John Wood, Joe Coffin, Robert Davidson, and Merida Taylor; Joe Oldman,
Policy Adviser (Housing and Transport), Age UK, Jane Ashcroft CBE, Chief Executive,
Anchor, Anne Lawn, Head of Operations, Sense, and Gillian Connor, Head of Policy and
Development, Rethink Mental Illness; Sian Hawkins, Campaigns and Public Affairs
Manager, Women's Aid, Denise Hatton, Chief Executive, YMCA England, and Lisa
Hubbard, Senior Support Officer, Working Chance, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 13 March at 4.00 p.m.
Monday 13 March 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by NHS
Confederation, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 March at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
[The Committee met concurrently with the Work and Pensions Committee]
Members present:
Helen Hayes
Clive Betts
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Alison Thewliss
The following members of the Work and Pensions Committee were also present (Standing
Order No. 137A).
Richard Graham
Heidi Allen
James Cartlidge
Karen Buck
Neil Coyle
Richard Graham was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
Future of Supported Housing
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH) submitted
by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, be reported to the House for publication
on the internet.
John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support, Riverside Group, Charlotte Norman,
Chief Executive, St Vincent's Housing Association, and Frank Czarnowski, Chief Executive,
West Kent Housing Association; Councillor Viv Kendrick, Kirklees Council, Councillor
Rebecca Rennison, London Borough of Hackney, and Liz Slater, Service Lead - Assessment,
Planning and Options, Southampton City Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 20 March at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 20 March 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by Somerset
Care, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
3. Oversight and scrutiny in local government
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Oversight and scrutiny in local
government (OSG) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
002 Mr G M Rigler
003 Mr Martyn Lewis
004 A Journalist
006 Anonymous
007 Mr Peter Cain
008 Devon County Council
009 Mrs Tracy Reader
010 Bracknell Forest Council
011 Exeter City Council
012 Epping Forest District Council
013 Erewash Labour Group
014 Broadland District Council
015 Newcastle City Council
016 Councillor James Dawson
018 North Yorkshire County Council
019 Central Bedfordshire Council
020 Pendle Borough Council
021 Medway Council
022 Local Government Research Unit, De Montfort University
023 Dr Laurence Ferry
024 Nottingham City Council
025 Sheffield for Democracy
026 West Sussex County Council
027 Committee on Standards in Public Life
028 North Tyneside Council Scrutiny Chairs
029 Southampton City Council
030 Ryedale District Council
032 Ken Lyle
033 Worcester County Council
034 Wiltshire Council
035 Scrutiny Committee of East Devon District Council
036 Leicestershire County Council
037 London Borough of Merton
038 Susan Hedley
039 Westminster City Council
040 East Devon Alliance
041 Ealing Council
042 Wyre Council Labour Group of Councillors
043 Leeds City Council
047 Wyre Council
048 Trafford Council
050 Gloucestershire County Council
051 Cornwall Council
052 Chesterfield Borough Council
053 INLOGOV
054 Suffolk County Council
056 Cardiff Business School
057 Green Group on Norwich City Council
058 Dudley MBC
060 Stevenage Borough Council
061 East Riding of Yorkshire
063 Villages Focus Group
064 NHS Providers
065 Anonymous
066 Rachel Collinson
067 Sunderland City Council
068 Solace
069 Bedford Borough Conservative Group
071 Bournemouth Borough Council
073 Sheffield City Council
074 Mrs Jacqueline Annette Thompson
075 London Borough of Enfield
076 Citizens Advice
077 Stockton on Tees Borough Council
078 Lewisham Overview and Scrutiny Business Panel
079 Durham County Council
080 Charnwood Borough Council
081 Local Government Association
082 Bristol City Council
083 North East Councils Scrutiny Officers Network
084 North East Combined Authority
085 Walsall Council
086 Ms Christine Boyd
087 Birmingham City Council
088 Councillor Charles Wright
091 Masuma Ahmed
092 Mr Gerry O’Leary
094 Debt Resistance UK
095 Dr Linda Miller
097 Federation of Enfield Residents
098 Centre for Public Scrutiny
099 St Albans City and District Council
100 Woking Borough Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee
101 Hereford Council
102 Mr John Galvin
103 Kay Newsome
104 Cllr Jenny Roach
105 London Borough of Tower Hamlets
106 Councillor Chris Kennedy
[Adjourned till Monday 27 March at 3.45 p.m.
Monday 27 March 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
1. Adult Social Care
Draft Report (Adult Social Care), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Ninth Report of the Committee, HC 1103.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Overview and scrutiny in local government
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Overview and scrutiny in local
government (OSG) be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
107 Nicolette Boater
109 Councillor Ann Munn
110 London Borough of Hackney
111 Woodhouse Parish Council
112 Julian Joinson
113 South Gloucestershire Council
114 Isle of Wight Council
115 Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
116 Marc Hudson
117 London Assembly
118 Councillor James Dawson
119 Hereford & South Hereford Green Party
121 Officer from a Fire & Rescue Authority
122 Department for Communities and Local Government
123 ADSO
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 March at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 28 March 2017
[The Committee met concurrently with the Work and Pensions Committee]
Members present:
Clive Betts
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Mary Robinson
Alison Thewliss
The following members of the Work and Pensions Committee were also present (Standing
Order No. 137A).
Richard Graham
James Cartlidge
Karen Buck
Neil Coyle
Helen Hayes was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
Future of Supported Housing
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH) submitted by
Home Group, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government),
and John Hall, Deputy Director Housing Support, Department for Communities and Local
Government, Caroline Nokes MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare
Delivery, and Peter Searle, Director, Working Age Benefits, Department for Work and
Pensions, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 April at 2.30 p.m.
Monday 19 April 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Bob Blackman
Mr Christopher Chope
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Melanie Onn
Mr Mark Prisk
Mary Robinson
1. Declaration of interests
Mr Christopher Chope declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Adult Social Care
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) be reported
to the House for publication on the internet:
189 Mrs Jackie Riis-Johannessen
201 Mr Brian Knight
4. Oversight and scrutiny in local government
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Oversight and scrutiny in local government (OSG)
submitted by It’s Our Country, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
5. Capacity in the home building industry
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Capacity in the home building industry (BLD)
submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government, be reported to the
House for publication on the internet.
6. Housing for older people
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Housing for older people (HOP) be
reported to the House for publication on the internet:
001 Mrs Angela Cavill-Burch
002 Dr Elizabeth Webb
004 Salvation Army
005 South Hams Elders Cohousing Community
007 Mrs Margaret Goodwin
008 National Pensioners Convention
009 NAEA Propertymark
010 Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
011 Foundations
012 Housing, Learning and Improvement Network
013 Care & Repair England
014 Levitt Bernstein
015 Contact Consulting (Oxford) Ltd
016 United for All Ages
017 D Hamilton
018 Audley
019 Grand Union Housing Group
021 National Fire Chiefs Council
022 Basildon Borough Council
023 Equity Release Council
024 National Housing Federation
025 Chirchill Retirement Living
026 Midland Heart
027 Local Government Association
029 Habinteg
030 Melissa Fernandez & Kath Scanlon
031 Design Council
032 College of Occupational Therapists
033 Elder Council of Newcastle
034 Ms Gail Lincoln
035 Sunderland City Council
036 Hanover Housing Association
037 Metropolitan
038 Northumbria University
039 Retirement Housing Group
040 Larkfleet Group
041 Places for People
042 Anchor
043 Assura PLC
044 New Local Government Network
045 UK Cohousing Network
046 Centre for Ageing Better
047 PegasusLife
048 Riverside
049 Later Life Ambitions
050 Anchor, Hanover & Housing & Care 21
051 MHA
052 NHBC
053 Manchester Metropolitan University
054 Renaissance Retirement
055 London Fire Brigade
056 Southwark Council
057 Generation Rent
058 Home Builders Federation
059 McCarthy and Stone
060 ARCO
061 Stonewater
062 British Property Federation
063 DCLG
064 Barton Willmore LLP
065 JLL
066 RIBA
067 Nottingham City Homes
068 Keepmoat
070 Building Societies Association
071 Bell Phillips Architects
073 Tetlow King Planning
074 The Intergenerational Foundation
075 Carers UK
076 Housing & Care 21
077 L&Q and East Thames
079 International Longevity Centre UK
080 Kent Housing Group
081 Horizon Senior Care Ltd
082 Peabody & Family Mosaic
083 Baroness Sally Greengross
084 L&Q East Thames
085 Age UK
086 One Housing
087 CIH
088 Age-Friendly Design Group
089 Essex County Council
090 Hornsey Housing Trust
091 RICS
093 Age Friendly Manchester
7. Housing White Paper and business rates
Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State, Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State for Housing and
Planning, Minster for London, and Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government,
gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 24 April at 3.30 p.m.
Monday 24 April 2017
Members present
Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
David Mackintosh
Mr Mark Prisk
Alison Thewlis
1. Publication of evidence before prorogation
Resolved, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received before the
prorogation of Parliament shall be reported to the House for publication.
2. Capacity in the home building industry
Draft Report (Capacity in the home building industry), proposed by the Chair, brought up and
read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Tenth Report of the Committee, HC 46.
3. 2015-17 Parliament: Legacy Report
Draft Report (2015-17 Parliament: Legacy Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and
read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report
are published in the Eleventh Report of the Committee, HC 1146.
4. Oversight and scrutiny in local government
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Oversight and scrutiny in local government (OSG)
submitted by Liberal Democrats on Wokingham Borough Council, be reported to the House
for publication on the internet.
5. Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill
Ordered, That correspondence from the Housing Ombudsman relating to the Draft Public
Service Ombudsman Bill, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 April at 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday 25 April 2017
[The Committee met concurrently with the Work and Pensions Committee]
Members present:
Clive Betts
Helen Hayes
Kevin Hollinrake
Alison Thewliss
The following members of the Work and Pensions Committee were also present (Standing
Order No. 137A).
Richard Graham
Heidi Allen
James Cartlidge
Karen Buck
Helen Hayes and Richard Graham were called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
Future of Supported Housing
Draft Joint Report (Future of Supported Housing), proposed by the Chairs, brought up and
read.
The draft Joint Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the
report are published in the Twelfth Report of the Communities and Local Government
Committee and the Tenth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, HC 867.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH)
be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
112 Riverside
113 Arlington
[The Committees adjourned
Evidence reported to House for publication on Wednesday 26 April 2017
(Resolution of the Committee, 24 April 2017)
Ordered, That correspondence from the Minister for Local Government relating to exit
payments to local authority offices, be reported to the House for publication on the
internet.
ANNEX 1
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 14th July 2015
Betts, Clive (Sheffield South East)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys. All fees
are paid direct to my constituency party:
March 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
April 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
May 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
June 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
October 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
November 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
December 2014, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
9 February 2015, received £100. Hours 30 mins. (Registered 26 March 2015)
24 February 2015, received £75. Hours 30 mins (Registered 26 March 2015)
April 2015, received £75. Hours 30 mins (Registered 13 May 2015)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for opinion surveys.
All fees are paid direct to my constituency party:
January 2015, received £200. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 26 January 2015)
Payment from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC17 8RT:
April 2015, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 May 2015)
6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year
One residential property in London: (i) and (ii)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my partner, James Thomas, as Senior Parliamentary Assistant.
Additional Declaration
Member of UNITE.
Vice-President of the Local Government Association.
Blackman, Bob (Harrow East)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 09 June 2014)
Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 06 August 2014)
Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 09 October 2014)
Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 02 December 2014)
March 2015, £100 paid direct to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 March 2015)
22 April, payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 June 2015)
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC17 8RT, for opinion surveys:
Payment of £80. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 09 June 2014)
14 April 2015, payment of £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 June 2015)
Payment from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion surveys:
Payment of £200. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 29 January 2015)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris of Peckham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 04 June 2015)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Golden Tours
Address of donor: 156 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 (Registered together with
donation of 22 August 2014)
Date of receipt: 23 June 2014
Date of acceptance: 23 June 2014
Donor status: company, registration 02608886
(Registered 24 September 2014)
Name of donor: Golden Tours
Address of donor: 156 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 (Registered together with
donation of 23 June 2014)
Date of receipt: 22 August 2014
Date of acceptance: 22 August 2014
Donor status: company, registration 02608886
(Registered 24 September 2014)
Name of donor: United and Cecil
Address of donor: 18 Thorney Lane North, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9JY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date of receipt: 27 January 2015
Date of acceptance: 27 January 2015
Donor status: members’ association
(Registered 29 January 2015)
Name of donor: United and Cecil
Address of donor: 18 Thorney Lane North, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9JY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date of receipt: 30 March 2015
Date of acceptance: 30 March 2015
Donor status: members’ association
(Registered 04 June 2015)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: The European Azerbaijan Society
Address of donor (the address of individuals will not be published): 15 Queen Anne’s Gate,
London SW1H 9BU
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,486, comprising £3,886 for
flights and £600 for 5 nights at a hotel for myself and one other
Destination of visit: Baku, Shaki and Gabala, Azerbaijan
Date of visit: 26 May – 31 May 2014
Purpose of visit: to meet with political and parliamentary figures including the President of
the Republic, ministers, the British Ambassador, local public service centres, representatives
of international organisations, human rights groups and IDP/Refugee camp of displaced
people from the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Registered 10 June 2014)
Name of donor: Ubertas Group
Address of donor: Suite 836, Level 8, 1 Queens Road, Melbourne 3004, VIC Australia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation, £2,000
Destination of visit: Israel
Date of visit: 25 – 29 July 2014
Purpose of visit: to attend the Tripartite Australia Israel UK Leadership Dialogue Conference.
(Registered 24 October 2014)
6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year
Six buy-to-let properties in Welwyn Garden City owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my wife, Nicola Blackman, as Office Manager.
Additional Declaration
I have no further declarations to add to those already listed.
Cox, Jo (Batley and Spen)
1. Employment and earnings
12 May 2015, received £4,655.76 for consultancy and research services performed in March
2015 for The Gates Foundation, 62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ. Hours: 126 hrs.
(Registered 07 June 2015)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Al Murad DIY Ltd
Address of donor: Howley Park Road Estate, Morley, Leeds LS27 0QN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,096
Donor status: company, registration 02635068
(Registered 07 June 2015)
Name of donor: GMB
Address of donor: Grove Hall, 60 College Grove Road, Wakefield NF1 3RN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,354.60
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 07 June 2015)
Name of donor: GMB
Address of donor: Grove Hall, 60 College Grove Road, Wakefield NF1 3RN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: website worth £1,000 (registered
together with the monetary donation above)
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 07 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Member of GMB.
Hayes, Helen (Dulwich and West Norwood)
1. Employment and earnings
20 May 2015, received Councillor allowance of £207.23 for 1-7 May 2015 inclusive from
Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Hours: no hours since the election.
(Registered 05 June 2015)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Michael Hayes
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
Councillor, Southwark Council. Since my election to Parliament I draw no allowances.
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Until 31 March 2015, I was a partner in Allies and Morrison. I may receive a further payment
related to my share in the partnership during the financial year 2014-15, when the accounts
for 2014-15 are completed. I retain no role or financial interests in Allies and Morrison.
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Until 31 March 2015, was a partner in Allies and Morrison Architecture and Urban Planning
Practice.
Former Borough Councillor.
Hollinrake, Kevin (Thirsk and Malton)
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Group Ltd, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green,
York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further
notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 05 June 2015)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Vencomatic Poultry UK Ltd
Address of donor: Avian House, Thirsk Industrial Park, Thirsk YO7 3BX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000
Donor status: company, registration 07803669
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Name of donor: Northminster Holdings Ltd
Address of donor: 3 Holly Tree House, Harwood Road, Upper Appleton, York YO26 6QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 07606576
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Name of donor: Mr Andrew Megson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Name of donor: Stonegrave Properties Ltd
Address of donor: Lea House, Bransby, York YO61 4RW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 04229941
(Registered 05 June 2015)
Name of donor: Kenelm Storey
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 in hosting two
fundraisers
Donor status: individual
(Registered 05 June 2015)
6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year
A third share in 12 residential properties in York: (i) and (ii) (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Realcube Technology Ltd; software. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd and am entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but
have waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Chairman of Hunters Property plc, estate agents.
Knight, Julian (Solihull)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: The Portcullis Club
Address of donor: Whitehorn, Warden Road, Ickwell, Bedfordshire SG18 9EL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,500
Donor status: members association
(Registered 28 May 2015)
Name of donor: Lord Woolton Luncheon Club
Address of donor: c/o 10 Silverbirch, Solihull B92 7LZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: members association
(Registered 28 May 2015)
Name of donor: United and Cecil Club
Address of donor: Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: members association
(Registered 28 May 2015)
Name of donor: JCB Research
Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rochester ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: company, registration 682651
(Registered 28 May 2015)
Name of donor: Solihull Conservative Dining Club
Address of donor: c/0 27 Alderbrook Road, Solihull B91 1NN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: members association
(Registered 28 May 2015)
Additional Declaration
I have no further declarations to add to those already listed.
Mackintosh, David (Northampton South)
1. Employment and earnings
Councillor, Northamptonshire County Council, County Hall, Northampton NN1 1ED. Paid
£9,000 per annum, until May 2017. Hours: approx. 25 hrs per month. (Registered 04 June
2015)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Dunkleys
Address of donor: 39-44 Davy Close, Park Farm Industrial Estate, Wellingborough NN8
6XX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: company, registration 02803797
(Registered 04 June 2015)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel
Address of donor: 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation, £1,600
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Date of visit: 29 June - 4 July 2014
Purpose of visit: fact finding visit
(Registered 04 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Former Borough Councillor. Continues as County Councillor.
Prisk, Mark (Hertford and Stortford)
1. Employment and earnings
Non-executive director of Edward Stanford Ltd, 12-14 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London
WC2E 9LP, a cartography and travel retailer:
Payment of £1,000 received for June 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 04 August 2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for July 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 04 August 2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for August 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 01 September 2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for September 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 08 October 2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for October 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 04 November 2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for November 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 01 December
2014)
Payment of £1,000 received for December 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 January 2015)
Payment of £1,000 received for January 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 February 2015)
Payment of £1,000 received for February 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 March 2015)
Payment of £1,000 received for April 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 11 May 2015)
29 May 2015, payment of £1,000 received for May 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 June
2015)
From 1 June 2014, Strategic Adviser to Essential Living Ltd, provider of private rented
homes. Address: 30 Monck St, London SW1. Expected remuneration of £15,000-£20,000 a
year, in payments of £1,500 a month, for an expected commitment of eight hours a month.
(Registered 09 July 2014)
1 July 2014, received £1,500. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 09 July 2014)
Received £1,500 for July 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 04 August 2014)
Received £1,500 for August 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 01 September 2014)
Received £1,500 for September 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 08 October 2014)
Received £1,500 for October 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 04 November 2014)
Received £1,500 for November 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 01 December 2014)
Received £1,500 for December 2014. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 January 2015)
Received £1,500 for January 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 February 2015)
Received £1,500 for February 2015. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 March 2015)
Received £1,500 for April 2015. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 11 May 2015)
29 May 2015, received £1,500 for May 2015. Hours: 8 hrs (Registered 02 June 2015)
Payments made by Brett (PBA) Consultants, Caversham Bridge House, Waterman Place,
Reading RG1 8DN:
2 December 2014, received £2,000 for preparation and presentation of a seminar. Hours:
approx. 8 hrs. (Registered 04 December 2014)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Mr. G. and Mrs. M. Morrison
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 February 2015)
6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year
Part share in a commercial property in Cornwall: (i) and (ii) (Registered 02 March 2012)
8. Miscellaneous
Non-practising chartered surveyor.
Additional Declaration
Married to the Chief Executive of the Pensions Regulator.
Prime Minister’s Investment Envoy to the Nordic and Baltic nations.
Rayner, Angela (Ashton-under-Lyne)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: RMT Union
Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 22 May 2015)
Name of donor: Unite the Union
Address of donor: Unite House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 22 May 2015)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: GMB
Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: franking facility for direct mail;
value £2,280
Date received: 19 April 2015
Date accepted: 19 April 2015
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 26 May 2015)
Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: October 2014-April 2015, staff
support, print and postal facility; total value £12,200
Date received: 11 October 2014
Date accepted: 11 October 2014
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 26 May 2015)
Additional Declaration
I am a member of UNISON & UNITE Trade Unions.
I employ a councillor as my Senior Parliamentary Assistant.
I am married to an Employee & Trade Union Elected Workplace Representative within a
Local Authority.
Robinson, Mary (Cheadle)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: United and Cecil Club
Address of donor: Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: members' association
(Registered 03 June 2015)
Name of donor: Mark Davies
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 03 June 2015)
Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 03 June 2015)
Name of donor: Clerewell Ltd
Address of donor: The Hartshaw Building, Europa Link, Sheffield S9 1XU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 01798514
(Registered 03 June 2015)
Name of donor: Offshore Group Newcastle
Address of donor: OGN House, Hadrian Way, Wallsend, NE28 6HL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company, registration no 06390883 (Registered 03 June 2015)
Name of donor: JCB Research
Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: company, registration 682651
(Registered 03 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Mary Felicity Design Ltd; clothing design company. (Registered 03 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Former Borough and Town Councillor
Thewliss, Alison (Glasgow Central)
1. Employment and earnings
12 May 2015, received payment of £960.52 for services performed between 14 April 2015
and 12 May 2015 as part of my role as a Councillor for Glasgow City Council, George
Square, Glasgow G2 1DU. (Registered 04 June 2015)
29 May 2015, received payment of £154.34 for work done prior to the election as
Parliamentary Assistant to Bill Kidd MSP, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP.
(Registered 04 June 2015)
Additional Declaration
Former councillor.
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 17th September 2015
Hayes, Helen (Dulwich and West Norwood)
1. Employment and earnings
From May 2011 until I stepped down on 31 March 2015, I was a partner in Allies and
Morrison, 85 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HX, an architecture practice. The payments
listed below relate to my share in the partnership during the financial year 2014-15, after the
completion of accounts for this period. These amounts are the only capital payments I have
received in relation to the four years that I worked at Allies and Morrison. I retain no role or
financial interests in Allies and Morrison. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 17 September
2015)
28 August 2015, £8,930 received. Hours: no hours since the Election. (Registered 17
September 2015)
2 September 2015, £62,513 received. Hours: no hours since the Election. (Registered 17
September 2015)
Declaration of Special Advisers' Interest
on 12th October 2015
Professor Tony Travers, LSE
Occasional fees for speaking engagements, work on commissions and consultancy.
Declaration of Special Advisers' Interest
on 19th October 2015
Professor Christine Whitehead, LSE
Research on housing, work with the LSE on the impact of housing in Camden, and a Member
of the London Housing Commission.
Declaration of Special Advisers' Interest
on 26th October 2015
Professor Alan Harding, University of Liverpool
I have verbally been offered the job of Chief Economist to the Greater Manchester Combined
Authority and have accepted in principle, subject to contract. I am due to start the new role in
January and remain in my current academic post until then.
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 3rd November 2015
Kendall, Liz (Leicester West)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly
via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 May 2015)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 22 May 2015
Date accepted: 23 May 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Tim Allan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 for office rent to support
my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 26 May 2015
Date accepted: 26 May 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Patricia Hewitt
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 for office rent to support
my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 26 May 2015
Date accepted: 26 May 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: David Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for office rent to support
my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 26 May 2015
Date accepted: 26 May 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Michael Craven
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 8 June 2015
Date accepted: 8 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Joanne Milligan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 9 June 2015
Date accepted: 9 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Lord Clive Hollick
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 10 June 2015
Date accepted: 10 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 June 2015)
Name of donor: Michael Foster
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 (increased to £10,000 on
4 July 2015), to support my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 24 June 2015
Date accepted: 24 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: Michael Foster
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 loan, unsecured and
interest free (adjusted to £10,000 on 4 July 2015, and repaid on 6 July 2015). This was to
support my campaign for leadership of the Labour Party.
Date received: 24 June 2015
Date accepted: 24 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: Gurnek Bains
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 30 June 2015
Date accepted: 6 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: Thomas Woodward
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000, to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 1 July 2015
Date accepted: 1 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: David Rowntree
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 23 June 2015
Date accepted: 23 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,475 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 23 June 2015
Date accepted: 24 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2015)
Name of donor: Tom Chandos
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour party
Date received: 30 June 2015
Date accepted: 30 June 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 July 2015)
Name of donor: Eric Salama
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour party
Date received: 3 July 2015
Date accepted: 3 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 July 2015)
Name of donor: Dan Marks
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 9 July 2015
Date accepted: 9 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 August 2015)
Name of donor: Gina Miller
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 17 July 2015
Date accepted: 17 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 August 2015)
Name of donor: Stelio Stefanou
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 22 July 2015
Date accepted: 22 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 August 2015)
Name of donor: Margaret McDonagh
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,100 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 7 August 2015
Date accepted: 7 August 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 August 2015)
Name of donor: Janet Cohen
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 6 August
2015)
Date received: 27 July 2015
Date accepted: 27 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 August 2015)
Name of donor: Janet Cohen
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 27 July
2015)
Date received: 6 August 2015
Date accepted: 6 August 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 August 2015)
Name of donor: Stefanos Stefanou
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 27 July 2015
Date accepted: 27 July 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 August 2015)
Name of donor: Thomas Woodward
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 3 August 2015
Date accepted: 3 August 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 August 2015)
Name of donor: Thomas Woodward
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party
Date received: 1 September 2015
Date accepted: 1 September 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 September 2015)
Name of donor: Fiona Mactaggart
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £750 to support my campaign for
leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 24 September
2015)
Date received: 12 September 2015
Date accepted: 12 September 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 October 2015)
Name of donor: Fiona Mactaggart
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my campaign
for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 12
September 2015)
Date received: 24 September 2015
Date accepted: 24 September 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 October 2015)
Additional Declaration
Member of the Co-operative Party and the GMB Union; Patron of Head Start charity for
early years
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 7th March 2016
McMahon, Jim (Oldham West and Royton)
1. Employment and earnings
Until 15 January 2016 I received an allowance as Councillor and Leader of Oldham Council,
West St, Oldham OL1 1UL. From 15 January 2016 I remain a Councillor but receive no
allowance. (Registered 08 January 2016)
15 December 2015, payment of £3,541.59. Hours: 80 hrs in December 2015. (Registered 09
February 2016)
15 January 2016, final payment of £1,713.67. Hours: 18 hrs in January 2016. (Registered 09
February 2016)
Until 31 December 2015, I received an allowance as Leader of the Labour Group of Local
Government Association, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ. (Registered 08 January 2016)
30 December 2015, final payment of £1,333.30. Hours: 15 hrs in December 2015.
(Registered 09 February 2016)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or
indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: CWU Trade Union
Address of donor: 150 the Broadway, London SW19 1RX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 received through the
Labour Party
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 08 January 2016)
Name of donor: Unite the Union
Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,200 received through the
Labour Party
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 08 January 2016)
Name of donor: Momentum
Address of donor: c/o Sam Terry, 10 Melton St, London NW1 2EJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: coach hire for volunteers in by-
election, value £2,438, received through the Labour Party
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 08 January 2016)
1. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year
House in Oldham; (i) (Registered 08 January 2016)
2. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
O'Rourke's (UK) Ltd; a coffee shop of which I am an unpaid director. (Registered 08 January
2016)
3. Miscellaneous
As Leader of Oldham Council until 15 January 2016, member (unpaid) of the Association of
Greater Manchester Authorities, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater
Manchester Police and Crime Panel and Greater Manchester Local Transport Body; also
director (unpaid) of Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Ltd; Oldham Economic
Development Association; Oldham Property Partnerships Ltd; OPP (Chadderton) Ltd; OPP
Investments Ltd; OPP (Westhulme) Ltd; Southlink Developments Ltd; Meridian
Developments Ltd and Foxdenton LLP. (Registered 08 January 2016)
As Vice Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA) Labour Group until 31
December 2015, member (paid) of the LGA and director (unpaid) of the Improvement and
Development Agency for Local Government. (Registered 08 January 2016)
Declaration of Special Advisers' Interest
on 18th July 2016
Kelvin MacDonald
Professional and other memberships
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Member, Chartered Institute of Housing
Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Member of the Town and Country Planning Association
I do not take part in the governance or policy development activities of these
organisations.
Other memberships
Donor to Amnesty International
Member of the National Trust
Member of the Town and Country Planning Association
I do not take part in the governance or policy development activities of these
organisations.
Political Affiliations
Member of the Labour Party
Member of the Brighton & Hove Fabian Society
I do not take any part in the governance or policy development or any campaigning or any
other activities of these bodies.
Contracted Positions
Examining Inspector: The Planning Inspectorate
This role involves taking one year contracts and Examining individual applications for
major infrastructure projects, including making a recommendation report to the relevant
Secretary of State. I am not currently under contract, having completed a report in June
2016, and commit to discussing this with the Planning Inspectorate and the Clerk of the
CLG Select Committee should I be offered a further contract.
Senior Visiting Fellow: Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University
In this role I lead, deliver and assess one undergraduate and one postgraduate module and
supervise and assess disserations. I see no actual, potential or perceived conflicts of
interest inherent in this position.
Advisory Positions
Member of the Department for Communities & Local Govt. Planning Sounding Board
I am a non-aligned member of the Planning Sounding Board in my own right. I have
agreed with the DCLG’s Chief Planner that, if I am acting as an Adviser to any Select
Committee Inquiry, I will withdraw from discussion of any agenda item which may relate
to that Inquiry.
Member of the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning
Research
The Advisory Board meets annually and has no role in advising on individual bids or
tenders or on the content of individual commissions.
Shares and other financial interests
I hold no shares and other financial interests.
Declaration of Special Advisers' Interest
on 12th September 2016
Professor Caroline Glendinning
I confirm that I have no relevant interests to declare, financial or otherwise, in the area of
adult social care.
Mr Raphael Wittenberg
I confirm that I have no relevant interests to declare, financial or otherwise, in the area of
adult social care.
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 8th November 2016
Ali, Rushanara (Bethnal Green and Bow)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley KT24 6QX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: in attending the Franco-British
Colloque’s 2016 Conference, food, accommodation and transport; total £1,414
Date received: 14-16 January 2016
Date accepted: 14 January 2016
Donor status: company, registration 06913437
(Registered 10 February 2016)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Counterpoint Global
Address of donor: Counterpoint, Somerset House, New Wing, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): food, accommodation and transport
with a total value of £950
Destination of visit: Florence, Italy
Date of visit: 6–8 March 2016
Purpose of visit: to attend and speak at the Bridges Project Conference 2015/2016.
(Registered 26 April 2016)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income
of over £10,000 a year
Two residential properties in London: (i) and (ii). (Registered 16 September 2014)
Onn, Melanie (Great Grimsby)
Nil
Declaration of Members' Interests
as at 19th April 2017
Chope, Mr Christopher (Christchurch)
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Carclew Limited; small private company which provides business consultancy
services but excludes advice on parliamentary or public affairs (not trading).
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: L3 Communications Address of donor: 23 King Street, St James', London
SW1Y 8QY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality for
myself and my wife at Fairford Air Tattoo, total estimated value £350 Date received: 8 July
2016 Date accepted: 8 July 2016 Donor status: company, registration number 04507278
(Registered 31 August 2016)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Carclew Limited (not trading).
8. Miscellaneous
Retired barrister. (Updated 1 June 2015)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my wife, Christine Chope, as Secretary.