APPENDIX D 

 

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS 

 

To ensure a wide cross-section of opinion was considered during the Review, a range of 
individuals and organisations were contacted and invited to submit their views by giving 
written evidence. 

 

The following provided written responses to the Review for publication with the final 
report: 

 

Bishop John Arnold 

Maria Battle, Acting Children’s Commissioner for Wales 

Ann Begg MP 

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield KCB 

Tim Boswell MP 

Professor Stuart Cole, University of Glamorgan 

Lee Cousins, sportscotland 

Geoff Dossetter, Freight Transport Association 

Andrew Dillon, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 

Tom Frawley, Assembly Ombudsman & Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints 

Anthony A. Gibson, National Farmers Union 

Gwenllian Griffiths & Kate Seymour, Macmillan Cancer Support 

Daran Hill & Darren Hughes, Public Affairs Cymru 

Geraint Hopkins, Cytûn – Churches Together in Wales 

Aled Elwyn Jones, Tomorrow’s Wales 

Professor Tim Luckhurst, University of Kent 

Pat McCartan, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 

Aideen McGinley, Department of Employment and Learning 

Iain Macwhirter 

Sir Simon Milton, Local Government Association 

Austin Mitchell MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Media Group 

Professor Hugh Pennington 

Professor Philip Schlesinger, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow 

Gareth Vaughan, Farmers’ Union of Wales 

Rhian Huws Williams, Care Council for Wales 

Derek Wyatt MP 

 

Responses received through the Local Government Association: 

.. Alex Aiken, Westmister City Council 


.. David Bagley, Kirklees Council 


.. Karen Barrow, North warwickshire Borough Council 


.. Alison Burt, Guildford Borough Council 


.. Gareth Coslett, Cumbria County Council 


.. Nadine Cowell, Tunbridge Wells Boriugh Council 


.. Ruth Darling, Cheltenham Borough Council 


.. Andrew Donnelly, Wigan Council 


.. Catherine Feast, Hertsmere Borough Council 


.. Marcus Grodentz, Gloucester City Council 


.. Peter Hyde, North Dorset District Council 


.. Adam Keating, Basildon Renaissance Partnership 


.. Shelley King, Brentwood Borough Council 


.. Mike Lennox, Peterborough City Council 


.. Lindsey Macdonald, Trafford Council 





.. Helen Murphy, Allerdale Borough Council 


.. Graham Robinson, Sedgefield Borough Council 


.. Mark Robinson, Crawley Borough Council 


.. Chris Taylor, North East Derbyshire District Council 


.. Geraint Thomas, Crawley 


.. Julie Wetton, North Kesteven District Council 


.. Jeff Willmore, Wycombe District Council 


.. Mark Wingham, Portsmouth County Council 


.. Robert Yeldham, Lewisham Council