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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Community Rights

Inquiry by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 4 June 2014 to 26 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 4 November 2014: Janice Banks, Chief Executive, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Dr Freddie Glick, Chair, Civic Voice, Mike Perry, Head of Development and Policy, Plunkett Foundation, David Bowater, Senior Corporate Adviser, Wiltshire Council, Councillor Jeremy Rowe, Deputy Leader, Cornwall Council, and Ross Murray, Deputy President, Country Land and Business Association.
  • 18 November 2014: Barney Mynott, Public Affairs Officer, NAVCA, Tom Stainer, Head of Communications, Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), Ghislaine Trehearne, Assistant Director of Planning and Development, British Property Federation, Nic Bliss, Chair, Confederation of Co-Operative Housing, Jo Gooding, National Coordinator, UK Cohousing Network, and Jennifer Line, Senior Researcher, Building & Social Housing Foundation.
  • 2 December 2014: Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Locality, Seb Elsworth, Director of Partnerships and Communication and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Social Investment Business, Laird Ryan, Co-Director, National Coalition for Independent Action, and Stephen Williams MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government.