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Formal Minutes

Tuesday 21 November 2006

The Committee met concurrently with the International Development Committee

Members Present:

Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main Mr Clive Betts Dr Phyllis Starkey John Cummings Emily Thornberry Martin Horwood

The following members of the International Development Committee were also present, in accordance with Standing Order No. 137A.

John Battle Mr Quentin DaviesJohn Barrett Ann McKechin Malcolm Bruce

John Battle was called to the Chair in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 137A (1).

World Urban Forum III

The Committee considered this matter, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 (1).

Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN Habitat and Baroness Andrews, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 27 November at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 27 November 2006

Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair Members Present:

Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Anne Main Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry

1. Declaration of Interests

Emily Thornberry declared her interests, in accordance with the resolution of the House of 13 July 1992, as follows:

Land and Property Two-third interest in flat in Guildford, Surrey. One-fifth interest in flat in South London.

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests: Non-practising member of the chambers of Mike Mansfield QC.

2. Winter Supplementary Estimates

Ordered, That the explanatory memorandum on the Winter Supplementary Estimates, 2006-07, submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

3. DCLG Annual Report 2006

The Committee considered this matter.

Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary; Peter Unwin, Director General, Corporate Delivery; Joe Montgomery, Director General, Places and Communities; and Christina Bienkowska, Director General, Strategy and Performance; Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 4 December at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 4 December 2006


Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main Mr Clive Betts Bill Olner Mr Greg Hands Dr John Pugh Martin Horwood Emily Thornberry

1. Winter Supplementary Estimates

Ordered, That the revised explanatory memorandum on the Winter Supplementary Estimates, 2006-07 submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



Rt Hon. Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women; Peter Unwin, Director General, Corporate Delivery; and Richard McCarthy, Director General, Policy, Performance and Innovation; Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 December at 4.20 p.m.

Tuesday 5 December 2006


Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry

1. Committee meeting times

Resolved, That unless otherwise decided, the Committee meet on Mondays at twenty past Four o’clock and on Tuesdays at Ten o’clock.

2. The Committee’s programme of work


[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 December at 4.20 p.m.

Tuesday 12 December 2006


Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands


Resolved, That the Committee inquire into refuse collection.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into local government finance.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into preventing extremism.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into housing and climate change.

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on issues affecting leaseholders.

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on planning.

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on equality.

2. Supply of Rented Housing


Adam Sampson, Director, and Mark Thomas, Head of Policy Unit, Shelter; Lord Best, Director, and Andrew Barnett, Director of Policy Development and Communications, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; and Ms Terrie Alafat, Director of Homelessness and Housing Support, Mr Andrew Wells, Director of New Homes and Sustainable Development, and Mr John Daniels, Policy Adviser, Private Rented Sector Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 January at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 9 January 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry John Cummings


Resolved, That the Committee visit Kensington and Chelsea.

Resolved, That the Committee visit Manchester.

Resolved, That the Committee visit the Netherlands, and that the Chairman seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

2. Work of the Committee 2005-06

Draft Report (The Work of the Committee in 2005-06), proposed by the Chairman, 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 198.

[Adjourned till Monday 15 January at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 15 January 2007


John Cummings Mr Bill Olner Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry

1. World Urban Forum III

Ordered, That the memorandum relating to the World Urban Forum III submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet.



Blasé Lambert, Treasurer, and Nic Bliss, Chair; Confederation of Co-operative Housing; Michael Gelling, Chair, and Cora Carter MBE, Secretary; Tenants’ and Residents’ Organisations of England (TAROE); Terry Eddis, Chair, and Trevor Bell, NFTMO Coordinator; National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations (NFTMO); Councillor Bob Copland, Housing Portfolio Holder; Alan Davies, Corporate Services Director; and Steve Clark, Assistant Director – Housing; Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council; Councillor Angela Harvey, Cabinet Member for Housing, and Rosemary Westbrook, Director of Housing; Westminster City Council; and Bernard Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer of Regenda Housing Group, and Deborah McLaughlin, Director of Housing at Manchester County Council; North West Housing Forum, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 22 January at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 22 January 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Mr Bill Olner Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands David Wright Martin Horwood

1. Declarations of Interest

David Wright declared his interests, pursuant to the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992, as follows:

Membership of the Chartered Institute of Housing.



Mr Karl Tupling, Director of Housing, Sheffield City Council and Mr Peter Morton, Chief Executive, Sheffield Homes Ltd; Mr Peter Walls, Group Chief Executive and Mr John Craggs, Deputy Chief Executive, Sunderland Housing Group; Mr Chris Langstaff, Managing Director and Catherine Park, Director of Finance, Hounslow Homes; Mr Dennis Rees, NFA Chair and Chair of Derby Homes, Mr Mike Owen, NFA steering group co-ordinator, and Executive Director Carrick Housing and Gwyneth Taylor, NFA Policy Officer, National Federation of ALMOs; and Mr Mark Davies, Chief Executive, Connaught plc, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 January at 10 a.m..

Tuesday 23 January 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Mr Clive Betts Martin Horwood Anne Main

Mr Bill Olner Emily Thornberry Mr David Wright



2. Departmental Annual Report 2006


3. Refuse Collection


4. Existing Housing and Climate Change


[Adjourned till Monday 5 February at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 5 February 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry Martin Horwood David Wright

1. Leasehold and Major Works

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from LEASE (the Leasehold Advisory Service), the Social Sector Working Party and the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Resolved, That the Committee request memoranda from LEASE (the Leasehold Advisory Service), the Social Sector Working Party and the Department for Communities and Local Government.



Professor Michael Ball, and Adrian Turner, Chief Executive, Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA); Mr Mike Stimpson, a private sector landlord; Mr Rupert Dickinson, Chief Executive, Grainger Trust Plc, and Mr Andy Leahy, Managing Director, Bespoke Property Group, British Property Federation; Mr Matthew Gardiner, Board Member, National Housing Federation and Chief Executive, Trafford Housing Trust, and Mr Gavin Smart, Assistant Director of Research and Futures, Teresa Butchers, Chief Executive, Devon and Cornwall Housing Association, National Housing Federation; Mr David Cowans, Chief Executive, and Mr Richard Bayley, Group Head of Research, Planning and Performance, Places for People; Mr Peter Dixon, Chairman, and Mr Richard Hill, Director of Investment, Programmes and Procurement, Housing Corporation; and Mr John Walker, Chief Executive, English Partnerships, gave oral evidence.




Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh John Cummings David Wright

1. Coastal Towns

The Committee discussed informally the Chairman’s draft Report.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 February at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 20 February 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main John Cummings Emily Thornberry Martin Horwood David Wright


Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from Professor John Hills, ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics.

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government.

2. Coastal Towns



Resolved, That the Committee request a memorandum from the Department for Communities and Local Government on the World Urban Forum III and the Leipzig Informal Meeting in May 2007.






Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands


Ordered, That the memorandum relating to the World Urban Forum III submitted by Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-Habitat, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

2. Coastal Towns

Draft Report (Coastal Towns), proposed by the Chairman, 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 351.

3. Is there a future for Regional Government?

The Committee discussed informally the Chairman’s draft Report.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 February 2007 at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 27 February 2007


Sir Paul Beresford David Wright John Cummings

1. Spring Supplementary Estimates 2006-07

Ordered, That the explanatory memorandum on the Spring Supplementary Estimates submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government be reported to the House for publication on the internet.


Draft Report (DCLG Annual Report 2006), proposed by the Chairman, 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 106.

[Adjourned till Monday 5 March at 4 p.m.

Monday 5 March 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings Dr John Pugh Martin Horwood Emily Thornberry Anne Main David Wright



John Paterson, London Leaseholder Network, and Pauline Walton, Chairman Designate, Norwich Leaseholders Association; Anthony Essien, Principle Leasehold Adviser, LEASE (Leasehold Advisory Service); and John Bryant, Policy Leader, Neighbourhoods and Sustainability National Housing Federation; and Anne Kirkham, Deputy Director Decent Homes, Housing Finance and Mixed Communities, and Simon Llewellyn, Deputy Director Private Renting and Leasehold, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.


Draft Report (Is there a future for Regional Government?), proposed by the Chairman, 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 352-I

[Adjourned till Monday 19 March at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 19 March 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands David Wright


Ordered, That Philip Ward be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to an informal seminar on Refuse Collection.

Ordered, That Linda Crichton be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to an informal seminar on Refuse Collection.

Ordered, That Hannah Hislop be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to an informal seminar on Refuse Collection.

Ordered, That Russell Marsh be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to an informal seminar on Refuse Collection.

2. Local Government Finance

Ordered, That Professor Tony Travers be appointed a Specialist Adviser in matters relating to an informal seminar on Local Government Finance.

Ordered, That Janet Sillet be appointed a Specialist Adviser in matters relating to an informal seminar on Local Government Finance.

3. Equality

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from the Department for Communities and Local Government.



Professor John Hills, Director of the ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 26 March at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 26 March 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings

Equality

Ordered, That Shelagh Prosser be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to an informal seminar on Equality and the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights.

[Adjourned till Monday 16 April at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 16 April 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Anne Main Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings David Wright

Mr Greg Hands



Mr Bob Young, Chief Executive, and Mr Ashley Horsey, Commercial Director, Local Space Ltd, gave oral evidence.


Ordered, That Rita Hale be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to local government finance.

[Adjourned till Thursday 19 April at 10 a.m.

Thursday 19 April 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry Martin Horwood David Wright

Supply of Rented Housing


Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government, Terrie Alafat, Director of Housing Strategy and Support, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Peter Ruback, Deputy Director, Affordable Housing Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 April at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 24 April 2007


John Cummings Mr Bill Olner Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry Martin Horwood David Wright

Anne Main


Ordered, That Phillip Ward be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to refuse collection.

2. Ordnance Survey: Public Service Information

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Ordnance Survey: Public Service Information.

3. Equality


Trevor Phillips OBE, Chair, Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 May at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 8 May 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner Sir Paul Beresford David Wright Anne Main

1. Equality

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into equality.

Ordered, That Shelagh Prosser be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to equality.


Resolved, That the Committee inquire into local government finance: supplementary business rate and into local government finance: council tax benefit.

Ordered, That Rita Hale be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to local government finance.

Ordered, That Professor Tony Travers be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to local government finance.

3. Estimates Memoranda

Ordered, That the supplementary explanatory memorandum on Spring Supplementary Estimate, submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

Ordered, That the explanatory memorandum on its Estimate for 2007-08, submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government, be reported to the House for publication on the internet.

[Adjourned till Monday 14 May at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 14 May 2007


Mr Clive Betts Dr John Pugh John Cummings Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands David Wright Mr Bill Olner






Ordered, That the following memoranda relating to Leasehold and Major Works be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Communities and Local Government Supplementary memorandum submitted by London Leaseholder Network Supplementary memorandum submitted by National Housing Federation Supplementary memorandum submitted by Mr Paul Palley Supplementary memorandum submitted by Department for Communities and Local Government

4. New Towns

Resolved, That the Committee request a memorandum from the Department for Communities and Local Government on New Towns: progress since 2002.

[Adjourned till Monday 21 May at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 21 May 2007


Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Mr Bill Olner Martin Horwood David Wright

Refuse Collection


The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (Stephen Didsbury, Head of Waste and Street Services, London Borough of Bexley, and Judith Turner, Director, Veolia, Sheffield); the Local Government Association (Cllr Paul Bettison, Chairman of the LGA Environment Board, and Martin Wheatley, Programme Director); and the Greater London Authority (John Duffy, Mayor’s Policy Director, and Pete Daw, Principal Policy Officer) gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 May at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 22 May 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings David Wright

Refuse Collection


Councillor Gary Porter, Leader, South Holland District Council, Gary Alderson, Director of Environmental and Planning Services, Mid-Beds District Council, Nicola Beach, Head of Waste and Recycling, Essex Waste Partnership, and Ian Davies, Assistant Director, Public Protection and Safety, London Borough of Hammersmith gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 4 June at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 4 June 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands

Refuse Collection


Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion, and Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister for Local Environment and Marine and Animal Welfare, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 June at ten o’clock.

Tuesday 5 June 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings David Wright Anne Main

Equality


Meg Munn MP, Minister for Equalities and Women, and Susan Scholefield, Director General, Equalities, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 11 June at 4.20 p.m..

Monday 11 June 2007


Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands David Wright

Planning White Paper


Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning; Michelle Banks, Director of Planning Service Improvement, Department for Communities and Local Government; and Bernadette Kelly, Director of Planning Reform, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 June at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 12 June 2007


Mr Clive Betts Martin Horwood John Cummings Mr Bill Olner

Refuse Collection



Monday 18 June 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner Mr Greg Hands David Wright Martin Horwood

Local Government Finance — Council Tax Benefit


Anna Pearson, Policy Manager, Help the Aged; Tony Herbert, Social Policy Officer, Citizens Advice; Peter McCann, Head of Revenue and Benefits, Halton Borough Council; Dr Michael Orton, Senior Research Fellow, University of Warwick; Dr Peter Kenway, Director, New Policy Institute; Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion; and James Plaskitt MP, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Department of Work and Pensions, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 June at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 19 June 2007

Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair

Members Present: Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings Emily Thornberry Mr Greg Hands David Wright Martin Horwood

Local Government Finance — Supplementary Business Rate

Councillor Merrill Cockell and Stephen Lord, London Councils; Jeremy Skinner, Greater London Authority; Karen Dee, the Confederation of British Industry; Sue Ashley, Town Centres and BIDS Manager, Warwickshire County Council; Dr Julie Grail, Chief Executive, British BIDS, gave oral evidence.

In the temporary absence of the Chairman, Mr Clive Betts was called to the Chair for the remainder of the meeting

Lynda McMullan and Nick Chard, Kent County Council; Steve Brooks, Dartford Borough Council; Simon Wiles, City of York Council; and Dermot Finch, Director, Centre for Cities, gave oral evidence.


Monday 25 June 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh Anne Main David Wright Mr Bill Olner

1. Coastal Towns




3. Ordnance Survey

Ordered, That the following memoranda relating to Ordnance Survey be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Ordnance Survey, 1st June 2007 The Office Of Public Sector Information The Office Of Fair Trading

Intelligent Addressing Limited The Locus Association The Association of Geographic Information (AGI) Getmapping The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs The Office For National Statistics Defence Intelligence, Intelligence Collection Strategy And Plans, Ministry Of Defence Pauline Pollard Chris Corbin Local Government Association / Improvement and Development Agency Local Government Data Unit - Wales Department for Communities and Local Government

[Adjourned till Monday 2 July at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 2 July 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry Anne Main David Wright Mr Bill Olner

1. Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit


2. Local Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate


[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 July at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 3 July 2007


Mr Clive Betts Dr John Pugh Martin Horwood David Wright

1. Ordnance Survey

Ordered, That the memorandum relating to Ordnance Survey submitted by the Association of Regional Observatories be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Tuesday 3 July 2007


Mr Clive Betts Dr John Pugh Martin Horwood David Wright

1. Ordnance Survey

Ordered, That the memorandum relating to Ordnance Survey submitted by the Association of Regional Observatories be reported to the House for publication on the internet.




Tuesday 10 July 2007

Members present: Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair

Sir Paul Beresford Mr Bill Olner Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry John Cummings David Wright Anne Main


Draft Report (Refuse Collection), 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 536-I

2. Introductory session, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Rt Hon. Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.


Monday 16 July 2007


John Cummings Dr John Pugh Martin Horwood David Wright Mr Bill Olner

Equality

Draft Report (Equality), 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 488.


Tuesday 17 July 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Dr John Pugh Mr Clive Betts Emily Thornberry Anne Main David Wright Mr Bill Olner

The Committee’s programme of work



Wednesday 25 July 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Mr Bill Olner Mr Clive Betts Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry Anne Main David Wright

1. Equality






4. Homes for the Future: Green Paper

Resolved, That the Committee take evidence from the Minister for Housing.


Draft Report (Local Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate), proposed by the Chairman, 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 719-I.


Draft Report (Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit), proposed by the Chairman, 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 718-I.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 October at 10.20 a.m.

Tuesday 9 October 2007


Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner

John Cummings Dr John Pugh Mr Greg Hands Emily Thornberry Anne Main


Draft Special Report (Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2006-07), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government’s response to the Second Report from the Committee in Session 2006-07 be appended to the Report.

2. Ordnance Survey

Ordered, That the following memoranda relating to Ordnance Survey be reported to the House for publication on the Internet:

Green Amps Ltd Ordnance Survey, 5 October 2007

3. Housing Green Paper


Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, and Richard McCarthy, Director General, Policy, Programmes and Innovation, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 15 October at 4.20 p.m.

Monday 15 October 2007


Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Mr Bill Olner John Cummings David Wright Mr Greg Hands









5. Equality




7. Ordnance Survey





Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Anne Main John Cummings Mr Bill Olner

Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report 2007


Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Chris Wormald, Director General for Government and Communications, Hunada Nouss, Director General for Finance and Corporate Service Delivery, Richard McCarthy, Director General for Policy, Programmes and Innovation, and Christina Bienkowska, Director for Strategy and Performance, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 October at 10 a.m.

Tuesday 23 October 2007


Mr Clive Betts David Wright Dr John Pugh


Draft Special Report (Refuse Collection: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2006-07), proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government’s response to the Fifth Report from the Committee in Session 2006-07 be appended to the Report.

2. Community Cohesion and Migration





Sir Paul Beresford Martin Horwood Mr Clive Betts Anne Main Mr Greg Hands Mr Bill Olner

Communities and Local Government Departmental Annual Report 2007


Rt Hon. Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State, Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing, and John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Monday 12 November at 4.20 p.m.

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