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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when, where and for how long (a) the Housing Minister and (b) his officials have met the Council of Mortgage Lenders to discuss the Homes Bill, and if he will indicate the names and titles of those attending the meetings. [147799] Mr. Raynsford: Since publication of the Homes Bill on 13 December 2000, I have not met with the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). My last meeting with the CML took place on 4 December, when I addressed their Annual Conference. The CML have been involved from the outset in the Home Buying and Selling Advisory Group, which assists the Government in developing its proposals. The Group comprises the major representative bodies with an interest in home buying and selling (including consumers), and officials from DETR and other Departments. It is chaired by Michael Gahagan, Director of Housing at DETR. The Group has met once since publication of the Bill, on 12 January. The CML and the Department have attended two sub-committees of the Advisory Group since publication of the Bill: the Home Condition Report Working Group, at RICS, Great George street, London, on 8 January 2001; and the Home Inspectors Certification Board Steering Group Meeting on Thursday 11 January 2001. Both these meetings were also attended by other stakeholders in the home buying and selling process. My officials have had two meetings recently with the CML about our home buying and selling proposals. The first was on 22 November; the second was on 15 December 2000. Both meetings lasted about one and a half hours. Full details of attendees are as follows. Meeting at DETR with CML--22 November 2000 DETR Michael Gahagan--Director, Housing Directorate David Woodward--Housing Policy, Renewal and Ownership Division Steve Nuttall--Principal Research Officer Andrew Hannan--Superintending Estates Officer Jacqui Marriott--Assistant Policy Adviser CML Michael Coogan--Director General, CML Fiona Hoyle--Senior Legal Adviser Shaun Stevens--Housing Policy Adviser Meeting to discuss the Homes Bill, at CML, 3 Savile Row, London on 15 December 2000 DETR Michael Gahagan--Director, Housing Directorate, DETR Martin Jones--Divisional Manager, Housing Policy, Renewal and Ownership, DETR Steve Nuttall--Principal Research Officer, DETR Andrew Hannan--Superintending Estates Officer, DETR CML Michael Coogan--Director General, CML Peter Williams--Deputy Director General, CML Fiona Hoyle--Senior Legal Adviser, CML Shaun Stevens--Housing Policy Adviser, CML.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

147799; 362 c194-5W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Council of Mortgage Lenders

Legislation

Homes Bill 2000/01

Link

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