Built Environment Committee

9 juin 2026

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The Chair opens the inquiry, introduces the Minister and officials, and the committee explores how planning policy and the draft National Planning Policy Framework can better reflect children’s and teenagers’ needs, including youth voice in a plan‑led system and upcoming reforms to local and strategic plans.

Committee mar. 9 juin 2026 House of Lords

00:06 - 01:30

Intervenant 2

Good morning and welcome to the Built Environment Select Committee here in the House of Lords. Over the last few weeks we have been looking into the role of younger people in the built environment, their interaction with it, their engagement with it. How do we inspire people from education through to training, but also how do we garner that interest and allow them the ability to engage and influence what type of communities that they live in? This is the final session, as I say, of a very short inquiry, but we're absolutely delighted to have three very important and influential guests before us in the form of Minister Peacock, who is Minister for Youth from the Department for DCMS, Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Kayleigh Wainwright, who leads the Be Seen & Heard strategy, I think, in DCMS.

And Joanna Averley, the Chief Planner from MHCLG. So we've got two departments for the price of one today. We're absolutely delighted to have you. You've seen, I think, Minister, you've been watching some of the things we've been talking about over the last few weeks. As we explained, there'll be a series of questions we will ask of you, which may fall across all three of you.

Each committee member has got various areas to talk about. Obviously the pressure is of time this morning, so as much as we can keep questions and answers short will be appreciated from everyone. First up, I'm delighted to bring in Lord Bailey.

01:30 - 01:53

Intervenant 1

Morning all. I'm going to start with Joanna, I think I'll direct the question to. How can a government and the built environment sector best ensure the current planning policy adequately meets the broader needs of children and young people? Because you could argue as a parent, all of my actions are for my children. So if you're answering my question, you're answering my children's questions.

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