Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning,
Local Government and the Regions - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1 March 2005.

Monday 13 December 2004

Members present:

Mr Clive Betts, in the Chair

Andrew Bennett	Chris Mole
Sir Paul Beresford	Christine Russell
Mr John Cummings

In the absence of the Chairman, Andrew Bennett was called to the Chair

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Paul Finch OBE, Hon FRIBA, Acting Chairman and Mr Richard Simmons, Chief Executive, of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), examined.

Question Number

166-179

Examination of Witnesses

Lord McIntosh of Haringey, a Member of the House of Lords, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Media and Heritage), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Keith Hill, a Member of the House, Minister of State (Housing and Planning), and Mr Alastair Donald, Urban Affairs Policy Adviser, Policy Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), examined.

Question Number

180-199

200-219

220-228

Examination of Witnesses

Lord McIntosh of Haringey, a Member of the House of Lords, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Media and Heritage), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Keith Hill, a Member of the House, Minister of State (Housing and Planning), and Mr Alastair Donald, Urban Affairs Policy Adviser, Policy Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), examined.

Question Number

229-239

240-259

260-274

Memorandum by Sasha Karakusevic, Torbay Hospital (CAB 35)

Memorandum by Rory Coonan Hon FRIBA, independent design adviser (CAB 36)

Memorandum by the Joint Committee of National Amenity Societies (CAB 38)

Supplementary memorandum by the Bloomsbury Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAB 34(b))

Supplementary memorandum by SAVE Britain's Heritage (CAB 12(a))

Supplementary memorandum by Councillor Adrian Dennis, London Borough of Croydon (CAB 28(e))

Letter copied to Clive Betts MP, Chairman of the Urban Affairs Sub-Committee inquiry into the Role and Effectiveness of CABE (CAB 40)

Supplementary memorandum by Evelyn Cook (CAB 22(a))

Supplementary memorandum by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (CAB 33(a))

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Prepared 9 March 2005