Speeches

Christopher Chope – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-09-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference are of the Park Homes Working Groups.

Gavin Barwell

The members of the park homes working group set up by the Government in 2015 were:

1. Peter Aldous MP (Conservative) – Waveney

2. Steve Brine MP (Conservative) -Winchester

3. Natascha Engel MP (Labour) – North East Derbyshire

4. Sonia McColl – Park Homes Justice Campaign

5. Brian Doick – National Association of Park Home Residents

6. Alan Savory – Independent Park Homes Advisory Service

7. Alicia Dunne – The National Caravan Council

8. Ros Pritchard – British Holiday and Home Parks Association

9. Paul Holland – South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Council

10.Lisa Osborn – North Somerset District Council

11.William Tandoh – Department for Communities and Local Government

12. Annette Brooke* – Former Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole

13 Stephen Lloyd* – Former Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne

14. Andrew Miller* – Former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston

*from February – May 2015

The terms of reference of the group was to identify evidence of poor practice in the park homes sector and investigate how best to raise standards further and tackle abuse. The group concluded its work earlier this year and I will shortly consider its final recommendations.