The Environmental Audit Committee
The Environmental Audit Committee is appointed by
the House of Commons to consider to what extent the policies and
programmes of government departments and non-departmental public
bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable
development; to audit their performance against such targets as
may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers; and to report
thereon to the House.
Current membership
Mr Peter Ainsworth MP (Conservative, East Surrey)
(Chairman)
Mr Gregory Barker MP (Conservative, Bexhill and
Battle)
Mr Harold Best MP (Labour, Leeds North West)
Mr Colin Challen MP (Labour, Morley and Rothwell)
Mr David Chaytor MP (Labour, Bury North)
Mrs Helen Clark MP (Labour, Peterborough)
Sue Doughty MP (Liberal Democrat, Guildford)
Mr Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West)
Mr Mark Francois MP (Conservative, Rayleigh)
Mr John Horam MP (Conservative, Orpington)
Mr Jon Owen Jones MP (Labour, Cardiff Central)
Mr Elliot Morley MP (Labour, Scunthorpe)
Mr Malcolm Savidge MP (Labour, Aberdeen North)
Mr Simon Thomas MP (Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion)
Joan Walley MP (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North)
David Wright MP (Labour, Telford)
Powers
The constitution and powers are set out in House
of Commons Standing Orders, principally Standing Order No. 152A.
These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
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:
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee.cfm.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present
Parliament is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are: Mike Hennessy
(Clerk); Eric Lewis (Committee Specialist); Elena Ares (Committee
Specialist); Anna O'Rourke (Committee Assistant); Caroline McElwee
(Secretary); and Robert Long (Senior Office Clerk).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk,
Environmental Audit Committee, Committee Office, 7 Millbank, London
SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general inquiries is: 020 7219
6150; the Committee's e-mail address is: eacom@parliament.uk
References
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral
evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number.
References to written evidence are indicated by page number as
in 'Ev12'.
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