The countryside at a crossroads: Is the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 still fit for purpose? Contents

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/nerc-act-committee and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

**	Alan Law, Chief Officer for Strategy and Reform, Natural England	QQ 1–11
**	Shirley Trundle CBE, Director, Natural Environment Policy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
*	Lord Haskins	QQ 12–17
*	Dr Stuart Burgess CBE, Former Chairman, Commission for Rural Communities	QQ 18–24
*	Nick Johannsen, Director, Kent Downs AONB Unit, appearing on behalf of the National Association of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty	QQ 25–30
*	Dr Nigel Stone, Former Chief Executive, Exmoor National Park Authority
*	Harry Bowell, Director, North, National Trust	QQ 31–36
*	Dr David Bullock, Head of Species and Habitat Conservation, National Trust
*	Tim Bonner, Chief Executive, Countryside Alliance	QQ 37–47
**	Christopher Price, Director of Policy and Advice, Country Land and Business Association (CLA)	QQ 48–58
**	Guy Smith, Vice-President, National Farmers’ Union (NFU)
*	Dieter Helm CBE, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford and Chairman of the Natural Capital Committee	QQ 59–66
*	George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association	QQ 67–77
*	David Trigger MBE, Chairman, Small Farms Association
**	Chris Corrigan, Director, RSPB England	QQ 78–88
**	Stephen Trotter, Director, England, The Wildlife Trusts
*	Dr Jo Judge, Chief Executive, National Biodiversity Network	QQ 89–94
**	Dr Stephanie Wray, President, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
**	Dr Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association	QQ 95–106
**	Trevor Cherrett, TCPA Policy Council Member, Town and Country Planning Association
*	Daryl Phillips, Joint Chief Executive of Hart District Council and the District Councils’ Network Chief Executive Planning Lead	QQ 107–116
**	Cllr Ian Stewart, Spokesman for Environment and Communities, County Councils Network and Deputy Leader, Cumbria County Council
**	Margaret Clark CBE, Chair, Rural Coalition	QQ 117–126
**	Jeremy Leggett, Trustee, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
*	Graham Biggs MBE, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network	QQ 127–136
**	Sue Chalkley OBE, Chief Executive, Hastoe Housing Association
**	Dr Michael Bartholomew, Chairman, Green Lanes Protection Group	QQ 137–142
**	Dr Diana Mallinson, Honorary Secretary, Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement
**	Mario Costa-Sa, Chair, Trail Riders Fellowship	QQ 143–148
**	Alan Kind, Principal Officer, Motoring Organisations’ Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA)
*	Alison Hallas, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Ramblers	QQ 149–157
*	Stephen Russell, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Ramblers
**	Merrick Denton-Thompson OBE, President, Landscape Institute	QQ 158–167
**	Rebecca Hughes, Policy & Influencing Officer, Landscape Institute
*	David Baldock, Senior Fellow, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)	QQ 168–176
*	Martin Nesbit, Head, Climate and Governance Programme, Institute for European Environmental Policy
*	Dr Tony Grayling, Director of Sustainable Business and Development, Environment Agency	QQ 177–184
**	Dr Andy Clements, Board Member, Natural England	QQ 185–196
**	Alan Law, Chief Officer for Strategy and Reform, Natural England
**	Andrew Sells, Chairman, Natural England
**	Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	QQ 197–208
**	Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

**	Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)	NER0022
	Association of Local Environmental Record Centres (ALERC)	NER0066
	Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE)	NER0048
	Bat Conservation Trust	NER0061
	British Caving Association	NER0033
	British Ecological Society	NER0068
	Broads Local Access Forum	NER0047
**	Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)	NER0030
**	Country Land and Business Association (CLA)	NER0026
	Community First Yorkshire	NER0017
	Condover Parish Council	NER0008
	Cotswold District Council	NER0056
**	County Councils Network (CCN)	NER0086
	CPRE	NER0083
	Cranborne Chase AONB	NER0071
	Cycling UK	NER0060 NER0090
**	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	NER0025 NER0079 NER0084 NER0094
	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	NER0046
	Dorset Local Nature Partnership	NER0059
	East Riding of Yorkshire & Kingston Upon Hull Joint Local Access Forum	NER0031
	Field Studies Council	NER0003
	Forestry Commission, England	NER0049
	The Geological Society	NER0075
	Jackie German	NER0062
	Mr Peter Giles	NER0019
	Gloucestershire Local Access Forum	NER0021
	Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership	NER0044
**	Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement (GLEAM)	NER0038
**	Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement and Green Lanes Protection Group	NER0088
**	Green Lanes Protection Group	NER0015
	Fritz Groothues	NER0020
**	Hastoe	NER0067
	Historic England	NER0073
	Historic House Association	NER0057
	Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)	NER0039
	Peter Karner	NER0028
	Kent County Council Public Rights of Way and Access Service	NER0040
	Mr Roger John Kirkham	NER0063
**	Landscape Institute	NER0070
	Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust	NER0064
	Local Government Association (LGA)	NER0014
	Mid & West Berks Local Access Forum	NER0027
	Dr Gordon Morris	NER0018
**	Motoring Organisations’ Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA)	NER0024 NER0087
**	National Farmers’ Union (NFU)	NER0076
**	Natural England	NER0082 NER0092 NER0095
	Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)	NER0029
	New Forest Access Forum	NER0011
	Norfolk County Council	NER0042
	Norfolk Local Access Forum	NER0041
	Norfolk Rural Strategy Steering Group	NER0065
	North Somerset Local Access Forum	NER0012
	North York Moors Green Lanes Alliance	NER0007
	North Yorkshire County Council	NER0081
	Open Spaces Society	NER0074
	Ove Arup and Partners Ltd	NER0069
	Peak and Northern Footpaths Society	NER0005
	Peak District Green Lanes Alliance	NER0036
	Peak Horsepower	NER0016
	Pennine National Trails Partnership	NER0013
	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	NER0072
	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	NER0052
**	RSPB	NER0051 NER0091
**	Rural Coalition	NER0037
	Rural England CIC	NER0006
	Lord Bishop of St Albans and Bishop of Hereford	NER0043
	Mr Peter Schofield	NER0009
	Sheffield City Council	NER0054
	Shropshire Council	NER0055
	South West Coast Path Association	NER0045
	Staffordshire County Council	NER0077
**	Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)	NER0085
**	Trail Riders Fellowship	NER0089
	UK Environmental Law Association	NER0053
	Welsh Government	NER0093
	Mr David White	NER0034
	Wildlife and Countryside Link	NER0078
**	The Wildlife Trusts	NER0080
	Mr John Wilson	NER0032
	Yorkshire Dales Green Lanes Alliance	NER0002

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