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 22 March 2005.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Committee: Housing, Local Government and the Regions Committee (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee)

on Monday 6 December 2004

Members present:

Chris Mole, Chairman

Andrew Bennett	Mr John Cummings
Sir Paul Beresford	Mr Bill O'Brien
Mr Clive Betts	Christine Russell

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Ms Claer Lloyd-Jones, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, London Borough of Hackney, Mr Gordon Mussett, Town Clerk, Haverhill Town Council, and Mr Mirza Ahmad, Chief Legal Officer, Birmingham City Council, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-39

40-43

Examination of Witnesses

Councillor Jim Breakell, Chairman, South Ribble Borough Council Standards Committee, Professor Richard Chapman, Chairman, City of Durham Standards Committee, Mr Denis Wilson, Chairman, Northamptonshire County Council Standards Committee, examined.

Question Number

44-59

60-74

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Tim Ricketts, Head of Legal Services, National Association for Local Councils, and Ms Gifty Edila, President, Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors, examined.

Question Number

75-79

80-99

100-102

Examination of Witnesses

Sir Jeremy Beecham, Vice Chairman, Ms Chloe Lambert, Deputy Chairman, and Mr Roy Williams, Head of Member Services, Local Government Association, examined.

Question Number

103-119

120-128

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Prepared 6 April 2005