2 OVERVIEW
OF THE
COMMITTEE'S
ACTIVITIES
3. Our remit covers the wide range of policy areas
that are under the departmental responsibility of the Department
for Communities and Local Government (CLG). This diverse remit
is reflected in the range of our inquiries. Our major inquiries
have included the situation of English Coastal Towns, our
inquiry Is there a future for Regional Government?, Refuse
Collection, and our continuing inquiries into The Supply
of Rented Housing and Existing Housing Stock and Climate
Change. A full list of subjects into which we inquired is
set out in the table below:
Table 1: Subjects covered by the Communities and
Local Government Committee, 2007
| SUBJECT
| EVIDENCE SESSIONS IN 2007 HELD
| OUTPUT
|
| Coastal Towns | 0
| Report March, 2007[2]
|
| DCLG Annual Report 2006
| 0 |
Report, March 2007[3]
|
| Is there a future for Regional Government?
| 0 |
Report, March 2007[4]
|
| Refuse Collection | 3
| Report, July 2007[5]
|
| Equality | 2
| Report, August 2007[6]
|
| Local Government Finance: Supplementary Business Rate
| 1 |
Report, August 2007[7]
|
| Local Government Finance: Council Tax Benefit
| 1 |
Report, August 2007[8]
|
| The Supply of Rented Housing
| 5 |
Oral evidence concluded, Report in preparation[9]
|
| Leasehold and Major Works
| 1 |
Oral evidence, March 2007[10]
|
| Planning White Paper |
1 | Oral evidence, June 2007[11]
|
| Housing Green Paper |
1 | Oral evidence, October 2007[12]
|
| Ordnance Survey | 0
| Report in preparation |
| Existing Housing Stock and Climate Change
| 3 |
Oral evidence concluded, Report in preparation[13]
|
4. We made three visits in March 2007 as part of our continuing
inquiry into The Supply of Rented Housing. Our first was
in London where we met people living in temporary accommodation
and learnt from them about their experiences of overcrowding.
Our second visit was to Manchester where we learnt about the constraints
and challenges facing housing associations in providing new social
housing. Finally, we visited the Netherlands. This visit provided
invaluable information on social and private rented housing models
and policy initiatives that differ from those in the UK. These
visits will help shape our conclusions and recommendations in
our future Report on The Supply of Rented Housing and inform
our ongoing scrutiny of Government policy on housing.
2 Second Report of Session 2006-07, HC 351 Back
3
Third Report of Session 2006-07, HC 106 Back
4
Fourth Report of Session 2006-07, HC 352-1 Back
5
Fifth Report of Session 2006-07, HC 536-I Back
6
Sixth Report of Session 2006-07, HC 468 Back
7
Seventh Report of Session 2006-07, HC 719-I Back
8
Eighth Report of Session 2006-07, HC 718-I Back
9
A further two evidence sessions were held in the previous Session.
We plan to report during Session 2007-08. Back
10
Leasehold and Major Works, oral evidence taken on 5 March 2007,
HC 380 Back
11
Planning White Paper, oral evidence taken on 11 June 2007, HC
671-I Back
12
Housing Green Paper, oral evidence taken on 9 October 2007, HC
1038-I Back
13
We plan to report during Session 2007-08 Back
|
