Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up - local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth

Status: Closed Opened: 24 Jul 2020 Closed: 3 Dec 2021 14 recommendations 4 conclusions 1 report

This sub-inquiry - Levelling up: local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth - forms part of the Committee’s overall ‘super-inquiry’ into Post-Pandemic Economic Growth. Our ‘levelling up’ inquiry will look at how local and regional government structures (including the role of powerhouses, local enterprise partnerships and growth hubs, city and regional mayoralties, … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up HC 566 22 Jul 2021 18 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Conclusion Third Report - Post-pandemic economic g… Deferred

Given the Government’s own focus on its levelling up agenda, the lack of clarity around...

Given the Government’s own focus on its levelling up agenda, the lack of clarity around its meaning and how it translates into specific policy initiatives and strategies is stark. As it currently stands, levelling up risks becoming an everything and nothing policy, not owned by any particular Minister or Department, … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government acknowledges the committee's comments on the lack of clarity around levelling up and commits to publishing a Levelling Up White Paper to articulate its strategy and provide further details on plans.
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Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
18 May 2021 Aaron Goater · Committee on Climate Change, Kate O'Neill · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Luke Hall · Housing, Communities and Local Government, Mercedes Maroto-Valer · Heriot-Watt University, Nick Molho · Aldersgate Group, Paul Scully · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy View ↗
24 Nov 2020 Andrew Carter · Centre for Cities, Henri Murison · Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Katherine Bennett · Western Gateway, Marvin Rees · Bristol City Council, Mr Duncan Simpson · Taxpayers' Alliance, Rachael Greenwood · Midlands Engine, Rokhsana Fiaz · Newham Council, Sir Peter Soulsby · Leicester City Council, The Lord Kerslake · UK 2020 Commission View ↗
22 Oct 2020 Jamie Driscoll · North of Tyne Combined Authority, Rt Hon Andy Burnham · Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Steve Rotheram · Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Tim Bowles · West of England Combined Authority View ↗
1 Oct 2020 Chris Fletcher · Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Councillor Sue Baxtor · National Association of Local Councils, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe · Local Government Association, Louise Bennett OBE DL · Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Mark Bretton · THE LEP Network, Sandy Needham DL · West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Stuart Elford · Devon Chamber of Commerce View ↗

Who gave evidence

26 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Aaron Goater · Industry Lead Committee on Climate Change 1
Andrew Carter · Chief Executive Centre for Cities 1
Chris Fletcher · Campaigns Director Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce 1
Councillor Sue Baxtor · Chairman National Association of Local Councils 1
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe · Vice Chair of the City Regions Board Local Government Association 1
Henri Murison · Director Northern Powerhouse Partnership 1
Jamie Driscoll · Mayor North of Tyne Combined Authority 1
Kate O'Neill · Director of Policy, Cities and Local Growth Unit Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Katherine Bennett · Chair Western Gateway 1
Louise Bennett OBE DL · Chief Executive Officer Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce 1
Luke Hall · Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Mark Bretton · Chair THE LEP Network 1
Marvin Rees · Mayor Bristol City Council 1
Mercedes Maroto-Valer · Director, Research Centre for Carbon Solutions Heriot-Watt University 1
Mr Duncan Simpson · Research Director Taxpayers' Alliance 1
Nick Molho · Executive Director Aldersgate Group 1
Paul Scully · Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour… Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1
Rachael Greenwood · Director Midlands Engine 1
Rokhsana Fiaz · Mayor Newham Council 1
Rt Hon Andy Burnham · Mayor Greater Manchester Combined Authority 1
Sandy Needham DL · Chief Executive Officer West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce 1
Sir Peter Soulsby · Mayor Leicester City Council 1
Steve Rotheram · Mayor Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 1
Stuart Elford · Chief Executive Officer Devon Chamber of Commerce 1
The Lord Kerslake · Chair UK 2020 Commission 1
Tim Bowles · Mayor West of England Combined Authority 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
13 Jan 2022 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling UP, Housing and Communities on…
15 Dec 2021 To cttee Letter from the Chair and the Chair of the Levelling up, Housing and Communitie…
24 Jun 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government relating to p…