other estimates by the institute for public policy research spoke of it even more dramatic reductionost 15%. resulting pressures on local public health were exacerbated by an overall 49% real term cut in central government funding for local authorities between 2010—11 and 2016-17, and authorities between 2010—11 and 2016—17, and the resulting practice of top slicing whereby authorities reallocated my ring fence public health budgets to other services and broadly impacting health and well—being, such as trading standards or parks and green spaces. in 2010 healthy lives healthy people had promised to give local government freedom and responsibility in funding to innovate and develop their own ways of improving... thank you, public health in their area. freedom and responsibility had been granted but funding was often lacking. thank you. we can take that down. dame jenny agree the ring fenced public health budget reduced over time due to austerity?— to austerity? yes. i mean, those fiuures, to austerity? yes. i mean, those figures. i — to austerity? yes. i mean, those figures, i recogni

public sector working on numerous facets of the energy industry. our second witness today is kenny stein, vice president of policy at the institute for energy research, who specializes in domestic and international energy this is the cutting policy, environmental edge of regulation policy, meteorological federal research. >> something and out there is land management sweating planes out of the policy, federalism, sky. >> and legislative what they found was analysis. our incredible. next witness is >> there is one notorious ben liebermann, phenomenon that could a senior fellow be to blame at the. >> cut the competitive enterprising corporate behind many of the astute who also world's most served as serious events senior counsel the our on the u.s. earth? >> house of representatives committee on energy commerce, and our last witness today's andrew de laskay an executive director at the appliance of standards awareness project. i welcome all of you here today and i look forward to hearing your testimony on this important topic. pursuant to committee rule nine g, the witnesses and police stand and please raise your white -- right hands. do you solemnly