Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

9 September 2026

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Actual start House of Commons

13:03 - 13:31
Speaker 1
Good morning and welcome to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee.  Can I ask, oh, before I go onto the formal request to introduce the witnesses, can I first put on record my thanks to Florence Eshalomi, the former chairman of our select committee, who has now rightly been promoted as a minister.  Yes. 

With permission of the committee, I'll, we will send a letter to her to congratulate her before we grill her at a future meeting.  Can I ask the witnesses to introduce themselves, please?  Sandra. 
13:31 - 13:35
Speaker 4
Sandra Matthews, Electoral Services Manager and Deputy Returning Officer for Powys County Council. 
13:35 - 13:47
Speaker 8
Hi there, I'm Robert Nicol, I'm ERO for the council areas of Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire, and a deputy convenor of the Electoral Management Board in Scotland. 

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