Environmental Audit Select Committee

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 department's policies and programmes will affect both the environment and sustainable development.^[1]

Membership

As at June 2015, the Committee's only member is its Chair, Huw Irranca-Davies, with other members to be elected.^[2] Members in the 2014/15 session of Parliament were as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Joan Walley MP (Chair)	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North
Peter Aldous MP	Conservative	Waveney
Neil Carmichael MP	Conservative	Stroud
Martin Caton MP	Labour	Gower
Katy Clark MP	Labour	North Ayrshire and Arran
Chris Evans MP	Labour Co-op	Islwyn
Zac Goldsmith MP	Conservative	Richmond Park
John Hayes MP¹	Conservative	Newbury
Mark Lazarowicz MP	Labour Co-op	Edinburgh North and Leith
Caroline Lucas MP	Green	Brighton Pavilion
Caroline Nokes MP	Conservative	Romsey and Southampton North
Matthew Offord MP	Conservative	Hendon
Mark Spencer MP	Conservative	Sherwood
Paul Uppal MP	Conservative	Wolverhampton South West
Alan Whitehead MP	Labour	Southampton Test
Simon Wright MP	Liberal Democrat	Norwich South

¹ Ex-officio membership as Environment Minister.
Source: Environmental Audit 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
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)	South East Cornwall	Hansard
10 December 2012	Ian Murray MP (Labour)	Edinburgh South	→	Chris Evans MP (Labour Co-op)	Islwyn	Hansard

External links

Environmental Audit Select Committee home page

References

↑ Environmental Audit Select Committee
↑ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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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Environmental Audit Select Committee

Membership

Changes

See also

External links

References