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Economics of the United Kingdom housing market inquiry

Inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee, 9 December 2015 to 9 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 1 December 2015: Dame Kate Barker, author of the Barker Review of Housing Supply in 2004; Martin Wolf, Chief Economic Correspondent, Financial Times; Christopher Walker, Head of Housing Planning and Urban Policy, Policy Exchange
  • 8 December 2015: Betsy Dillner, Director, Generation Rent; Toby Lloyd, Director of Campaigns, Shelter; Duncan Stott, Director, Priced Out; Dr Peter Williams, Departmental Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Housing; Professor Steve Wilcox, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York
  • 15 December 2015: Professor Danny Dorling, Fellow, St Peter's College, University of Oxford and Professor Paul Cheshire, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics
  • 12 January 2016: Mr Andrew Rose, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency, Ms Fiona McGregor, Head of Regulation, Homes and Communities Agency, Mr Stephen Aldridge, Director of Analysis and Data and Chief Economist, Communities and Local Government, Ms Isobel Stephen, Head of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Ms Gwyneth Nurse, Director, Financial Services, Treasury, Mr Mike Williams, Director, Business and Tax, Treasury
  • 19 January 2016: The Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman, Migration Watch UK; Professor Robert Rowthorn, Fellow, Cambridge University; Professor John Muellbauer, Oxford University; Professor Tony Champion, Professor of Economic Geography, Newcastle University
  • 26 January 2016: Mr John Stewart, Director of Economic Affairs, Home Builders Federation Ms Jennie Daly, UK Land Director, Taylor Wimpey Mr Gary Day, Land and Planning Director, McCarthy and Stone
  • 2 February 2016: Mr David Orr, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation; Mr David Montague, Chair, L&Q, G15; Mr Ian McDermott, Chief Operating Officer, Sanctuary Housing Association
  • 9 February 2016: Dr Clive Skidmore, Head of Housing Department, Birmingham City Council; The Lord Best, Chair, The Property Ombudsman; Councillor Sue Derbyshire, Housing and Planning Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
  • 23 February 2016: Lord Kerslake, Chair, Peabody Trust; Lord Porter of Spalding CBE, Chairman, LGA; Ms Trudi Elliott, Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute; Professor Tony Crook CBE, Emeritus Professor of Town & Regional Planning, Sheffield University
  • 1 March 2016: Mr Brian Berry, Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders; Mr Chris Carr, Chair of the FMB Home Builders Group, Carr and Carr (Builders); Mr Paul Smee, Director General, Council of Mortgage Lenders; Mr Stephen Noakes, Director of Mortgages, Lloyds Banking Group
  • 2 March 2016: Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England
  • 8 March 2016: Dr David Miles, Professor of Financial Economics, Imperial College London; Mr Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Mr David Smith, Policy Director, Residential Landlords Association, Mr Nick Jopling, Executive Director of Property, Grainger Plc, and Mr Chris Taylor, President, British Property Federation
  • 15 March 2016: Professor Hugo Priemus, Professor Emeritus, Delft University of Technology; Monsieur Bernard Vorms, Chair, National Council of Transaction and Property Management; Monsieur Jean-Pierre Schaefer, Special Adviser, National Council of Cities
  • 22 March 2016: Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Communities and Local Government; Damian Hinds MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury