Energy and Climate Change Select Committee

The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into existence on 1 January 2009.

Formation

The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment on October 28, 2008,^[1] following the establishment of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 3 October 2008. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the department, and any departmental bodies.

Membership

As of 5 November 2012, the current members of the committee are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Tim Yeo MP (Chair)	Conservative	South Suffolk
Dan Byles MP	Conservative	North Warwickshire
Phillip Lee MP	Conservative	Bracknell
Barry Gardiner MP	Labour	Brent North
Ian Lavery MP	Labour	Wansbeck
Peter Lilley MP	Conservative	Hitchin and Harpenden
Albert Owen MP	Labour	Ynys Môn
Christopher Pincher MP	Conservative	Tamworth
John Robertson MP	Labour	Glasgow North West
Sir Robert Smith MP	Liberal Democrat	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Dr Alan Whitehead MP	Labour	Southampton Test

Source: Energy and Climate Change Committee

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		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Gemma Doyle MP (Labour Co-op)	West Dunbartonshire	→	Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)	Brent North	Hansard
2 November 2010	Tom Greatrex MP (Labour Co-op)	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	→	Ian Lavery MP (Labour)	Wansbeck	Hansard
5 November 2012	Laura Sandys MP (Conservative)	South Thanet	→	Peter Lilley MP (Conservative)	Hitchin and Harpenden	Hansard

References

↑ House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion

External links

Committee website

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