Effectiveness of local authority overview and scrutiny committees Contents

Witnesses

The following witnesses gave evidence. Transcripts can be viewed on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.

Monday 16 October 2017 Question number

Professor Colin Copus, Director of the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montfort University; Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS); Councillor Marianne Overton, Leader of the Independent Group, Local Government Association

Q1–43

Monday 30 October 2017

Councillor Mary Evans, Chair of Scrutiny Committee, Suffolk County Council; Councillor Sean Fitzsimons, Chair of Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Croydon Council; Councillor John Cotton, Lead Scrutiny Member, Birmingham City Council

Q44–82

Jennette Arnold OBE AM, Chair, London Assembly; Ed Williams, Executive Director, Secretariat, London Assembly; Susan Ford, Scrutiny Manager, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Councillor Peter Hughes, Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Committee, West Midlands Combined Authority

Q83–107

Monday 6 November 2017

Marcus Jones MP, Minister for Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government

Q108–152





14 December 2017