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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


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


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


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.


Monday 13 June 2016

Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Jim McMahon

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


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


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.


are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 41.


Monday 27 June 2016

Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Julian Knight

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


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


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


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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


2. Homelessness

Draft Report (Homelessness), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.


are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 40.


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.


Kelvin MacDonald declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of

13 July 1992 (see Appendix).



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


Helen Hayes

David Mackintosh

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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.


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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Jim McMahon

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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.


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


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




53 Justin Gardner Consulting

54 Lepus Consulting Ltd


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


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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


Resolved, That the Committee visit Berlin in connection with its inquiries into Adult Social

Care and Capacity in the home building industry.




36 YMCA England

37 Agenda

38 Clara St Kilda

39 Housing Law Practitioners Association

40 Elmbridge Borough Council

41 Greater London Authority


Professor Caroline Glendinning and Mr Raphael Wittenberg declared their interests, in

accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).



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


Bob Blackman

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Jim McMahon

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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


Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



Draft Report (Homelessness Reduction Bill), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.


are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 635.




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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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.




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.



Members present


Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


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


3. Public Parks

Resolved, that the Committee visit Newcastle on 7 November in connection with its inquiry

into Public Parks.



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


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


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


316 Sportsroots

317 The Friends of Crows Nest Park

318 The Conservation Volunteers


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



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


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.



Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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



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


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


380 Deborah Jamison


382 Sheffield Green Spaces Forum

383 Victoria Park Action Group

384 Elizabeth Lowe

385 Dr Peter Newton

386 Chippenham Town Council


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


Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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.



Members present


Helen Hayes

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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



409 Helen Steel

410 David France

411 Gilbrook and Kilgarth Schools

412 Mr Alex Baxter-Brown

413 Friends of Chiltern Court


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


Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


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.


are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 737.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 November at 2.45 p.m.


Members present


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



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



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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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.



Members present


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Julian Knight

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


2. Public Parks



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



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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


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.



Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

1. Future programme


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.


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.


Members present


Rushanara Ali

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme




submitted by Daniel Gath Homes, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.


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


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


Rushanara Ali

Helen Hayes

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme


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.



submitted by the National Custom and Self-Build Association, be reported to the House for



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


Helen Hayes

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

1. Future programme


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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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.



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


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme


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.



Members present


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



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.


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.



Members present


Rushanara Ali

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Julian Knight

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

1. Future programme



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.



submitted anonymously, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.


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.



Members present


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.


are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 45.

2. Future programme



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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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.



relating to integration strategy and planning permissions and build-out rates, be reported to

the House for publication on the internet.


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.



Members present


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss



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.



relating to Local Plans Expert Group, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

3. Future programme


[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


Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Future of Supported Housing (FSH)


001 Mr Steven Hayes

005 Inclusion Housing

006 Lady Iveta Kurpniece


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


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


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


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.



Members present


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Melanie Onn

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

1. Future programme



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


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.


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


Rushanara Ali

Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Melanie Onn

1. Future programme



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

 


 

Members present:

 

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

 


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)).



Resolved, that the Joint Committee visit the Arlington Conference Centre, London in

connection with its inquiry into Future of Supported Housing.



091 Framework Housing Association

092 CIH

094 Scottish Women’s Aid

096 Family Mosaic Housing


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.


Monday 13 March 2017

Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

1. Future programme



Ordered, That written evidence relating to Adult Social Care (SOC) submitted by NHS

Confederation, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



 


 

Members present:

 

Helen Hayes

Clive Betts

Kevin Hollinrake

Melanie Onn

Alison Thewliss

 


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)).



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.



Members present


Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

1. Future programme



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


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


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


082 Bristol City Council

083 North East Councils Scrutiny Officers Network

084 North East Combined Authority

085 Walsall Council

086 Ms Christine Boyd


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



Members present


Bob Blackman

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

David Mackintosh

Mr Mark Prisk

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss


Draft Report (Adult Social Care), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.


are published in the Ninth Report of the Committee, HC 1103.

2. Future programme


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


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


123 ADSO



 


 

Members present:

 

Clive Betts

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Melanie Onn

Mary Robinson

Alison Thewliss

 


Order No. 137A).

 

Richard Graham

James Cartlidge

Karen Buck

Neil Coyle

 

Helen Hayes was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).



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


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





189 Mrs Jackie Riis-Johannessen

201 Mr Brian Knight


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.



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


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


025 Chirchill Retirement Living

026 Midland Heart


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


057 Generation Rent


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


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


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.


Draft Report (Capacity in the home building industry), proposed by the Chair, brought up and

read.


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.


are published in the Eleventh Report of the Committee, HC 1146.


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

 


 

Members present:

 

Clive Betts

Helen Hayes

Kevin Hollinrake

Alison Thewliss

 


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)).


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.



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)


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



Name of donor: United and Cecil

Address of donor: 18 Thorney Lane North, Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9JY


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


Date of receipt: 30 March 2015

Date of acceptance: 30 March 2015

Donor status: members’ association


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


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)


Six buy-to-let properties in Welwyn Garden City owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii)


I employ my wife, Nicola Blackman, as Office Manager.


I have no further declarations to add to those already listed.

Cox, Jo (Batley and Spen)


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.




Name of donor: Al Murad DIY Ltd

Address of donor: Howley Park Road Estate, Morley, Leeds LS27 0QN




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


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)




Member of GMB.

Hayes, Helen (Dulwich and West Norwood)


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.




Name of donor: Michael Hayes





8. Miscellaneous

Councillor, Southwark Council. Since my election to Parliament I draw no allowances.


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.



Until 31 March 2015, was a partner in Allies and Morrison Architecture and Urban Planning

Practice.

Former Borough Councillor.

Hollinrake, Kevin (Thirsk and Malton)


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)



Name of donor: Vencomatic Poultry UK Ltd

Address of donor: Avian House, Thirsk Industrial Park, Thirsk YO7 3BX




Name of donor: Northminster Holdings Ltd

Address of donor: 3 Holly Tree House, Harwood Road, Upper Appleton, York YO26 6QU




Name of donor: Mr Andrew Megson





Name of donor: Stonegrave Properties Ltd

Address of donor: Lea House, Bransby, York YO61 4RW




Name of donor: Kenelm Storey


Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 in hosting two

fundraisers




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)


Chairman of Hunters Property plc, estate agents.

Knight, Julian (Solihull)



Name of donor: The Portcullis Club

Address of donor: Whitehorn, Warden Road, Ickwell, Bedfordshire SG18 9EL


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




Name of donor: United and Cecil Club

Address of donor: Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN




Name of donor: JCB Research

Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rochester ST14 5JP




Name of donor: Solihull Conservative Dining Club

Address of donor: c/0 27 Alderbrook Road, Solihull B91 1NN





I have no further declarations to add to those already listed.

Mackintosh, David (Northampton South)


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)



Name of donor: Dunkleys

Address of donor: 39-44 Davy Close, Park Farm Industrial Estate, Wellingborough NN8

6XX





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



Former Borough Councillor. Continues as County Councillor.

Prisk, Mark (Hertford and Stortford)


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)



Name of donor: Mr. G. and Mrs. M. Morrison




(Registered 26 February 2015)


Part share in a commercial property in Cornwall: (i) and (ii) (Registered 02 March 2012)

8. Miscellaneous

Non-practising chartered surveyor.


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)



Name of donor: RMT Union

Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD




Name of donor: Unite the Union

Address of donor: Unite House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TN





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



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




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)



Name of donor: United and Cecil Club

Address of donor: Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN


Donor status: members' association


Name of donor: Mark Davies





Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris





Name of donor: Clerewell Ltd

Address of donor: The Hartshaw Building, Europa Link, Sheffield S9 1XU




Name of donor: Offshore Group Newcastle

Address of donor: OGN House, Hadrian Way, Wallsend, NE28 6HL


Donor status: company, registration no 06390883 (Registered 03 June 2015)

Name of donor: JCB Research

Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester ST14 5JP





Mary Felicity Design Ltd; clothing design company. (Registered 03 June 2015)


Former Borough and Town Councillor

Thewliss, Alison (Glasgow Central)


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.



Former councillor.


as at 17th September 2015

Hayes, Helen (Dulwich and West Norwood)


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.



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.



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.


as at 3rd November 2015

Kendall, Liz (Leicester West)



Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn






Name of donor: Waheed Alli


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



Name of donor: Tim Allan


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





Name of donor: Patricia Hewitt








Name of donor: David Taylor








Name of donor: Michael Craven




Date received: 8 June 2015

Date accepted: 8 June 2015



Name of donor: Joanne Milligan








Name of donor: Lord Clive Hollick








Name of donor: Michael Foster


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





Name of donor: Michael Foster


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.





Name of donor: Gurnek Bains





Date accepted: 6 July 2015



Name of donor: Thomas Woodward


Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000, to support my campaign


Date received: 1 July 2015




Name of donor: David Rowntree








Name of donor: Waheed Alli








Name of donor: Tom Chandos



for leadership of the Labour party





Name of donor: Eric Salama



for leadership of the Labour party





Name of donor: Dan Marks







(Registered 10 August 2015)

Name of donor: Gina Miller








Name of donor: Stelio Stefanou








Name of donor: Margaret McDonagh




Date received: 7 August 2015

Date accepted: 7 August 2015



Name of donor: Janet Cohen



for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 6 August

2015)





Name of donor: Janet Cohen



for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 27 July

2015)





Name of donor: Stefanos Stefanou




















Date received: 1 September 2015

Date accepted: 1 September 2015



Name of donor: Fiona Mactaggart


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)





Name of donor: Fiona Mactaggart



for leadership of the Labour Party (registered together with donation received on 12

September 2015)






Member of the Co-operative Party and the GMB Union; Patron of Head Start charity for

early years


as at 7th March 2016

McMahon, Jim (Oldham West and Royton)


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.


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



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



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



House in Oldham; (i) (Registered 08 January 2016)


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)


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.


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.


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




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


as at 19th April 2017

Chope, Mr Christopher (Christchurch)


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



Carclew Limited (not trading).

8. Miscellaneous

Retired barrister. (Updated 1 June 2015)


I employ my wife, Christine Chope, as Secretary.

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