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Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Disability and the built environment inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 4 August 2016 to 15 March 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 26 October 2016: Sue Bott, Deputy Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK, Zara Todd, Chair, Inclusion London, Jolie Goodman, Manager and Lead Facilitator, Mental Health FoundationMartin McConaghy, The Access Association, David Petherick, Chairman, British Standards Institution, Committee B/559, Chris Fry, Solicitor and Managing Partner, Unity Law
  • 23 November 2016: Steve Quartermain CBE, Chief Planner, Department for Communities and Local Government, Councillor Izzi Seccombe, Chairman, Community Well-being Board, Local Government Association and Leader of Warwickshire County Council, Mary Travers, Group Manager (Plans), The Planning Inspectorate, and Trudi Elliott, Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute; Clare Devine, Executive Director of Architecture and the Built Environment, The Design Council CABE, Julie Fleck OBE, MRTPI, Project Lead, Built Environment Professional Education Project Board, Simon Turton, Chair, National Register of Access Consultants, and Stephen Ware, Royal Institute of British Architects (at 10.30am).
  • 7 December 2016: Bob Ledsome, Deputy Director, Building Regulations and Standards, Department for Communities and Local Government, Jennifer Peters, Strategic Planning Manager, Greater London Authority, Andrew Gibson, Vice Chair, Habinteg, and Nick Rogers, Design Director for Taylor Wimpey, Home Builders Federation; Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE, Andrew Hugill, Director of Policy and Technical Affairs, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport, and Benjamin Hamilton-Baillie (at 10.30am).
  • 1 February 2017: Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State, and Bob Ledsome, Deputy Director, Building Regulations and Standards, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport.