Built Environment Committee
10 November 2026
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Built Environment Committee House of Lords
Follow its sittings00:00 - 02:13
Speaker 2
Good morning and welcome to the House of Lords and the Built Environment Select Committee. Last week, we started our latest short inquiry into public realm and enforcement and maintenance of public realm across the country. And this is our second session today where we have not only a star cast before us, but we are going to be focusing on how do you get a high standard and maintain a high standard in the public realm across the country. And joining us today we have, first, is Councillor Cashman, who is chair of the LGA Inclusive Growth Committee, as well as being a councillor on Liverpool City Council. We have Alexander Jan, who is chair of Central District Alliance and Hatton Garden BIDs, and's got a background in the built environment as well as working for Arup.
And then, finally on this side, we have John Dunne, who is chairman of the WISE Services Group, which from my understanding is a an enforcement partner to many local authorities across the country. Thank you very much for joining us today. I think you're aware we've got a series of questions which we'll all ask. A few things from me. First, I think it'd be great to hear as much evidence of good examples, and not, that you may have.
I think it'd be good to hear a lot about some of the work that happens not just in some of the big cities, but if you've got sort of examples in smaller local authorities, I think it'd be good to hear, but also crucially, examples of where local authorities and business and civil society, as well as other corporations and individuals come pull together and help improve public realm. If you have answers to any of the questions, we'd love to hear from you, obviously. I think if you could keep your answers as tight as is possible, and we will keep our questions short, as well. If you feel that the questions have been answered, please don't feel obliged to fill the time. I'm conscious of your time as much as ours.
And with that, I'm going to just kick off first, if I may, which is a sort of general question about: what do you perceive to be the impacts of high quality, well-maintained public spaces versus those that perhaps are less so? I'll start with the councillor, if I may. So, Councillor Cashman, welcome. May you start, please?
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