The Environmental Audit Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine how government departments' policies and programmes will affect both the environment and sustainable development.[1]
Current membership
As of 20 March 2020, these are the members of the Environmental Audit Select Committee:[2]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Dunne MP (Chair) | Labour | Ludlow | |
| Duncan Baker MP | Conservative | North Norfolk | |
| Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
| Feryal Clark MP | Labour | Enfield North | |
| Ian Levy MP | Conservative | Blyth Valley | |
| Marco Longhi MP | Conservative | Dudley North | |
| Robert Goodwill MP | Conservative | Scarborough and Whitby | |
| Jerome Mayhew MP | Conservative | Broadland | |
| Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion | |
| Kerry McCarthy MP | Labour | Bristol East | |
| John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk | |
| Claudia Webbe MP | Labour | Leicester East | |
| Dr Matthew Offord MP | Conservative | Hendon | |
| Nadia Whittome MP | Labour | Nottingham East | |
| Shailesh Vara MP | Conservative | North West Cambridgeshire | |
| Alex Sobel MP | Labour (Co-op) | Leeds North West | |
Membership 2017-2019
In the 57th parliament the following MPs sat on the committee:
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Creagh MP (Chair) | Labour | Wakefield | |
| Colin Clark MP | Conservative | Gordon | |
| Dr Thérèse Coffey MP | Conservative | Suffolk Coastal | |
| Geraint Davies MP | Labour (Co-op) | Swansea West | |
| Philip Dunne MP | Conservative | Ludlow | |
| Zac Goldsmith MP | Conservative | Richmond Park | |
| Robert Goodwill MP | Conservative | Scarborough and Whitby | |
| James Gray MP | Conservative | North Wiltshire | |
| Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion | |
| Kerry McCarthy MP | Labour | Bristol East | |
| John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk | |
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North | |
| Dr Matthew Offord MP | Conservative | Hendon | |
| Alex Cunningham MP | Labour | Stockton North | |
| Dr Dan Poulter MP | Conservative | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | |
| Alex Sobel MP | Labour (Co-op) | Leeds North West | |
Changes
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 December 2011 | Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) | Brighton Kemptown | → | Paul Uppal MP (Conservative) | Wolverhampton South West | Hansard | ||
| 3 December 2012 | Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative) | South East Cornwall | → | Matthew Offord MP (Conservative) | Hendon | Hansard | ||
| 10 December 2012 | Ian Murray MP (Labour) | Edinburgh South | → | Chris Evans MP (Labour Co-op) | Islwyn | Hansard | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Environmental Audit Select Committee". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ^ "Membership - Environmental Audit Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
External links
- Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
- Environmental Audit Select Committee home page