The Taskforce is made up of members from both Houses of Parliament. It is supported by a panel of experts from both professional and academic backgrounds.


Suburban Taskforce
Membership of the Taskforce is open to all members of both Houses.
It currently comprises the following members:

Co-Chairs
Rupa Huq (Labour)
David Simmonds (Conservative)

Vice-Chairs
Jon Cruddas (Labour)
Gareth Bacon (Conservative)

Lords Liaison
Baroness Susan Kramer (Liberal Democrat)

Current Members
Karen Buck
Seema Malhotra
James Murray
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Steve Reed 
Sam Tarry

Advisory Board
The Taskforce is assisted by an expert Advisory Board comprising professionals from a multi-disciplinary background.
Its current members include:


Chair
Jonathan Manns (Rockwell, UCL)

Members
Richard Blyth (Royal Town Planning Institute)
Nicholas Falk (URBED Trust)
Katie Perrior (InHouse Communications)
Will Tanner (Onward)
Tony Mulhall (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
Peter Murray (New London Architecture)
Phineas Harper (Open City)
Laura Vaughan (UCL)

Knowledge Partner
To ensure the academic rigour of the evidence and conclusions, the Taskforce and Advisory Board are supported by UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning.

Academic Advisor
Dr Lucy Natarajan

Researcher
Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros

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