Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning,
Local Government and the Regions - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 March 2005.

Oral evidence

Taken before the ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government

and the Regions Committee (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) on Monday 21 March 2005

Members present:

Mr David Clelland, in the Chair

Andrew Bennett	Mr Bill O'Brien
Mr Clive Betts	Mr Richard Page
Mr John Cummings

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Professor Steve Fothergill, Director, and Councillor Bill Flanagan, National Chairman, Coalfield Communities Campaign, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-36

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Trevor Beattie, Corporate Strategy Director, and Mr Rob Pearson, Head of National Programmes, English Partnerships, examined.

Question Number

37-39

40-59

60-69

Examination of Witness

Yvette Cooper, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, examined.

Question Number

70-79

80-98

Memorandum by the Coalfield Communities Campaign (CCC) (CC 01)

Memorandum by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) (CC 02)

Memorandum by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) (CC 03)

Memorandum by the District of Bolsover Council (CC 04)

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Prepared 12 April 2005