MPs question Communities Secretary on aspects of his department’s work

• Communities and Local Government Committee
• Watch the meeting: The work of the Department for Communities and Local Government

The committee is likely to ask questions relating to topics such as;

• the position and influence of the department within Whitehall
• proposed changes to housing policy
• the planning system and the remit and funding of local government
• the replacement of the Audit Commission with a new decentralised audit regime
• localism, place based budgets and consequent changes to local authority accountability
• the role of Third Sector organisations in future delivery of public services.

Witnesses

At 4.40pm:

• The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government
• Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Decentralisation 

Further information

• Visiting Parliament: Select Committees
• About Parliament: Select Committees