Communities and Local Government Committee - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]
The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 May 2009.

Communities and Local Government Committee

Monday 10 November 2008

Members present

Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair	Jim Dobbin
Sir Paul Beresford	Andrew George
Mr Clive Betts	Anne Main
John Cummings

CONTENTS

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Witnesses: Mr Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council, Sir Richard Leese CBE, Leader, Manchester City Council, and Mr Eamonn Boylan, Deputy Chief Executive (Regeneration), Manchester City Council, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

142-159

160-179

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Witnesses: Mr Peter Gilroy OBE, Chief Executive, Kent County Council, Mr Paul Carter, Leader, Kent County Council, Mr David Petford, Chief Executive, Maidstone Borough Council, and Councillor Mike FitzGerald, Chairman of the Balance of Power working group, Maidstone Borough Council, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

180-183

184-199

200-219

220-227

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Witnesses: Mr Mike More, Chief Executive, Westminster City Council, Councillor Colin Barrow CBE, Leader, Westminster City Council, Ms Moira Gibb CBE, Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden, and Councillor Keith Moffitt, Leader, London Borough of Camden, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

228-239

240-259

260-263

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Prepared 20 May 2009