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 6 March 2006.

Oral Evidence

Taken before the Office of Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee

on Monday 31 October 2005

Members present:

Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair

Sir Paul Beresford	Anne Main
Mr Clive Betts	Mr Bill Olner
Martin Horwood	Dr John Pugh
Mr Mark Lancaster	Alison Seabeck

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CONTENTS

Witnesses: Mr Stephen Alambritis, Head of Parliamentary Affairs Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Mr Nick Bish, Chief Executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), examined.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-22

Witnesses: Councillor Audrey Lewis, Chair, Licensing Sub-committee, Westminster City Council, Mr Andrew Fisher, Head, Licensing Unit and Tony Kelly, Project Manager, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, examined.

Question Numbers

23-39

40-44

Witnesses: Councillor Chloe Lambert, Deputy Chairperson, Local Government Association and Mr Patrick Crowley, Licensing Manager, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Adviser to LACORS, Mr Philip Kolvin, Chair and Mr Jeffrey Leib, Vice Chair, Institute of Licensing, examined.

Question Numbers

45-59

60-69

Witnesses: James Purnell, a Member of the House, Minister for Media and Tourism, Mr Stuart Roberts, Licensing Team, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Mr Phil Woolas, a Member of the House, Minister of State (Local Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, examined.

Question Numbers

70-79

80-99

100-119

120-122

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Prepared 17 March 2006