Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

Status: Closed Opened: 26 May 2022 Closed: 30 Sep 2022
Inquiry scopeThe Committee held an evidence session with the then Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, about the Government’s Levelling-Up plans. Following this the Committee held two further evidence sessions, and wrote to the then Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, setting out its view on the Bill.

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
18 Jul 2022
Oral Evidence
Alan Law · Natural England, Andrew Wood · Campaign to Protect Rural England, Edward Hobson · Design Council, Ian Fletcher · British Property Federation, Jonathan Werran · Localis, Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation
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20 Jun 2022
Oral Evidence
Christopher Young QC, Dr Hugh Ellis · Town and Country Planning Association, Victoria Hills · Royal Town Planning Institute
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13 Jun 2022
Oral Evidence
Rt Hon Michael Gove · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Simon Gallagher · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Stuart Andrew · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Who gave evidence

12 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Alan Law · Deputy Chief Executive Natural England 1
Andrew Wood · Spatial Planning Lead Campaign to Protect Rural England 1
Christopher Young QC 1
Dr Hugh Ellis · Director of Policy Town and Country Planning Association 1
Edward Hobson · Director of Place Design Council 1
Ian Fletcher · Director of Policy British Property Federation 1
Jonathan Werran · Chief Executive Localis 1
Kate Henderson · CEO National Housing Federation 1
Rt Hon Michael Gove · Secretary of State Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Simon Gallagher · Planning Director Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Stuart Andrew · Minister for Housing Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Victoria Hills · Chief Executive Royal Town Planning Institute 1

Correspondence

10 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
6 Sep 2022 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 30 August 2022 concerning the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
24 Aug 2022 To committee Letter from Chair to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regarding the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, dated 24 August 2022
20 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State dated 20 July 2022 concerning funding for levelling up
20 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Director General for Regulation and Head of the Office for Statistics Regulation dated 20 July 2022 concerning transparency of data
20 Jul 2022 Correspondence from Rights: Community: Action to the Committee dated 18 July 2022 concerning supplementary legal advice on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
12 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, dated 24 June 2022 concerning the accessibility of Levelling Up funding stream data
12 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 4 July 2022 concerning a legal opinion provided by Rights: Community: Action on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
5 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Royal Town Planning Institute to the Chair dated 28 June 2022 following up evidence given before the Committee on 20 June on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
28 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Levelling Up, the Union and Constitution to the Chair dated 22 June 2022 concerning levelling up funding programmes
21 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State dated 21 June 2022 concerning the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill