The Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs
Committee is appointed to examine on behalf of the House of Commons
the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department of
the Environment, Transport and the Regions (and any associated
public bodies). Its constitution and powers are set out in House
of Commons Standing Order No. 152.
The Committee has a maximum of 17 members, of
whom the quorum for any formal proceedings is five. The members
of the Committee are appointed by the House and unless discharged
remain on the Committee until the next dissolution of Parliament.
The present membership of the Committee is as follows:[1]
Hilary Benn MP (Labour, Leeds Central)
[2]
Andrew F Bennett MP (Labour, Denton and Reddish)
[3]
Thomas Brake MP (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton
and Wallington) [2]
Christine Butler MP (Labour, Castle Point)
[2]
John Cummings MP (Labour, Easington) [2]
Brian Donohoe MP (Labour, Cunninghame South)
[2]
Gwyneth Dunwoody MP (Labour, Crewe and Nantwich)
[2]
Louise Ellman MP (Labour/Co-operative, Liverpool
Riverside) [2]
Clifford Forsythe MP (Ulster Unionist, Antrim
South) [2]
Teresa Gorman MP (Conservative, Billericay)
[4]
James Gray MP (Conservative, Wiltshire North)
[2]
Stephen Ladyman (Labour, Thanet South)[5]
Anne McIntosh MP (Conservative, Vale of York)[6]
Bill O'Brien MP (Labour, Normanton)[2]
Bill Olner MP (Labour, Nuneaton)[2]
John Randall MP (Conservative, Uxbridge)[7]
George Stevenson MP (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent South)[2]
On 15 July 1997, the Committee resolved that
Andrew F Bennett or Gwyneth Dunwoody would be called to
the Chair as it saw fit.
The Committee has the power to appoint Sub-committees,
require the submission of written evidence and documents, to examine
witnesses, and to make Reports to the House, The Sub-committees
have the power to require the submission of written evidence and
documents, to examine witnesses, and to make Reports to the Committee.
The Committee and Sub-committees may meet at
any time (except when Parliament is prorogued or dissolved) and
at any place within the United Kingdom. The Committee and Sub-committees
may meet concurrently with other committees established under
Standing Order No. 152 and with the House's European Scrutiny
Committee (or any of its sub-committees) for the purpose of deliberating,
taking evidence or considering draft reports. The Committee may
exchange documents and evidence with any of these committees,
as well as with the House's Public Accounts, Deregulation and
Environmental Audit committees.
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are
published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All
publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on
the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/etrahome.htm.
All correspondence should be addressed to The
Clerk of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee,
Committee Office, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone
number for general inquiries is: 020 7219 3266; the Committee's
e-mail address is etracom@parliament.uk.
1 Stephen Day MP ( (Conservative, Cheadle) was
appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 17 November 1997;
Philip Hammond MP (Conservative, Runnymede and Weybridge)
was appointed on 7 November 1997 and discharged on 22 June 1998;
Howard Flight MP (Conservative, Arundel and South Downs)
was appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 20 July 1998;
Eric Pickles MP (Conservative, Brentwood and Ongar) was
appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged on 30 November 1998;
Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative, Epping Forest) was appointed
on 22 June 1998 and discharged on 5 July 1999; Alan Whitehead
MP (Labour, Southampton, Test) was appointed on 14 July
1997 and discharged on 6 December 1999; Graham Stringer MP (Labour,
Manchester Blackley) was appointed on 14 July 1997 and discharged
on 13 December 1999. Back
2
Appointed 6 December 1999. Back
3
Appointed 14 July 1997. Back
4
Appointed 30 November 1998. Back
5
Appointed 13 December 1999. Back
6
Appointed 5 July 1998. Back
7
Appointed 20 July 1998. Back
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