PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT GENERAL COMMITTEES
Public Bill Committee
GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL First Sitting Tuesday 13 November 2012 (Morning)
CONTENTS Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence (Reporting to the House) motion agreed to. Motion to sit in private agreed to. Examination of witnesses. Adjourned till this day at Two o’clock.
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Public Bill Committee
13 NOVEMBER 2012
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
The Committee consisted of the following Members:
Chairs: PHILIP DAVIES, † MR GEORGE HOWARTH † Birtwistle, Gordon (Burnley) (LD) † Blackman, Bob (Harrow East) (Con) † Blackman-Woods, Roberta (City of Durham) (Lab) † Blomfield, Paul (Sheffield Central) (Lab) † Boles, Nick (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) † Bradley, Karen (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con) † Coffey, Dr Thérèse (Suffolk Coastal) (Con) † Dakin, Nic (Scunthorpe) (Lab) † Danczuk, Simon (Rochdale) (Lab) † Fallon, Michael (Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) † Glen, John (Salisbury) (Con)
† Glindon, Mrs Mary (North Tyneside) (Lab) Howell, John (Henley) (Con) † Morris, James (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (Con) † Murray, Ian (Edinburgh South) (Lab) † Raynsford, Mr Nick (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab) Simpson, David (Upper Bann) (DUP) † Smith, Henry (Crawley) (Con) † Stunell, Andrew (Hazel Grove) (LD) Steven Mark, John-Paul Flaherty, Committee Clerks † attended the Committee
Witnesses
Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Nick Boles MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government Rt Hon Greg Barker MP, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change Councillor Mike Jones, Chair of Local Government Association Environment and Housing Board, and Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council Paul Raynes, Head of Programmes, Environment and Housing, Local Government Association James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores Katja Hall, Chief Policy Director, CBI Mike Spicer, Senior Policy Adviser, British Chambers of Commerce
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Public Bill Committee
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Public Bill Committee Tuesday 13 November 2012
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Date
Time
Witness
Tuesday 13 November
Until no later than 11.25 am
Tuesday 13 November
Until no later than 3.00 pm
Tuesday 13 November
Until no later than 4.00 pm
Tuesday 13 November Tuesday 20 November
Until no later than 5.00 pm Until no later than 9.30 am
Tuesday 20 November
Until no later than 10.30 am
Tuesday 20 November
Until no later than 11.25 am
Tuesday 20 November
Until no later th
