Final evidence session on Big Society

The Committee will consider the Government’s commitment to redistributing power away from Westminster and Whitehall to local communities, and examine the role of the Civil Service in achieving this objective.

• Public Administration Select Committee
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Particular issues to be explored may include:

• The coordination and promotion of Big Society policies across government;
• the proposals to open up public services to a more diverse range of providers, including charities and mutuals; and
• what impact these proposals will have on equality of service provision and accountability.

Witnesses:

• Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office
• Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Decentralisation and Cities, Department for Communities and Local Government