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

The current membership of the Committee, appointed in July 2015, is as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)	Scottish National Party	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Alistair Carmichael MP	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland
Glyn Davies MP	Conservative	Montgomeryshire
James Heappey MP	Conservative	Wells
Ian Lavery MP	Labour	Wansbeck
Melanie Onn MP	Labour	Great Grimsby
Matthew Pennycook MP	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich
Daniel Poulter MP	Conservative	Central Suffolk & North Ipswich
Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative	Eddisbury
Julian Sturdy MP	Conservative	York Outer
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

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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