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WEDNESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty
Mr Paul Flynn | | Mr John McWilliam
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: Mr Aubrey Meyer, Global Commons Institute (GCI); Ms Heidi Bachram and Mr Adam Ma'anit, Researchers, Transnational Institute, Carbon Trade Watch; and Bryony Worthington, Senior Climate and Energy Campaigner, Friends of the Earth, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 December at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Greg Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
| | Sue Doughty
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: Dr Andrew Sentance, Chief Economist and Head of Environmental Affairs, British Airways; Mr Mike Toms, Group Planning & Regulatory Affairs Director, Mr Stephen Hardwick, Director of Group Public Affairs, and Mr Matthew Gorman, Group Sustainability Manager, BAA; and Mr James Smith, Chairman, Shell UK, Mr David Hone, Group Climate Change Adviser, and Mr Garth Edward, Trading Manager, Environmental Products, Shell, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15th December at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2004
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty
Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois | | Mr John McWilliam
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: James Cameron, Founder and Board Member, Climate Change Capital; and Professor Steve Rayner, James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization, and Director, James Martin Institute, Said Business School, University of Oxford, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12th January 2005 at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Greg Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr Malcolm Savidge | | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: Louis Redshaw, Head of Environmental Markets and Paul Dawson, Director, Commodities Regulation, Barclays Capital, and Charles Donovan, Chairman of the Executive Committee, the London Change Service Providers Group, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 January 2005 at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 19 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Greg Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Mr Paul Flynn
| | Mr John McWilliam
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Housing: Building a Sustainable Future), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 164 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committee (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
Climate Change and Pre-Budget Report 2004: Sir Digby Jones, Director General, and Michael Roberts, Director, Business Environment, Confederation of British Industry, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 January 2005 at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Greg Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
| | Mr John McWilliam
Mr Simon Thomas
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Corporate Environmental Crime), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 69 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committee (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
Mr Chaytor declared a non-pecuniary interest with regard to both sets of witnesses before the Committee.
Pre-Budget Report 2004: Adrian Wilkes, Chairman, Merlin Hyman, Director, Karen Aitchison, Member and Commercial Director, Enviros, and Robert Evans, Member and Public Affairs Manager, Johnson Matthey, Environmental. Industries Commission: and Guy Thompson, director, and Rebecca Willis, Associate Director, Green Alliance, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Greg Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark
| | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Pre-Budget Report 2004: Paul Hamblin, Head of Policy (Transport and Natural
Resources), and Tom Oliver (Head of Policy, Rural Policy), CPRE; and Professor Paul
Ekins, University of Westminster, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 3.40pm.
TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr Paul Flynn
| | Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: Mr Bill Rammell, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Valerie
Caton, Head of the Climate Change and Energy Group, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, and Mr Henry Derwent, Director, Climate, Energy and Environmental Risk,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 February 2005 at 3.00pm.
WEDNESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor | | Mr Paul Flynn
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Climate Change: Mr John Healey, MP, Economic Secretary, Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Head
of Environmental and Transport Taxes, and Fiona James, Head of Environment Branch
and Environmental Policy, HM Treasury, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 February 2005 at 4.15pm.
WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty | | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: a UK progress report), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 8 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
A paper was ordered to be appended to the Report.
Ordered, That the Appendix to the Report be reported to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select Committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 March at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty | | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Malcolm Savidge |
The Committee deliberated.
Sustainable Procurement: Mr Ken James, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr Roy Ayliffe, Director of Professional Practice, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing; and from Mr Ray Georgeson, Director of Policy and Evaluation, and David Moon, Procurement Programme Manager, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 March 2005 at 3pm.
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
| | Mr Paul Flynn
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report, Wildlife Crime) proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's Response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee in Session 2003-04, Wildlife Crime, be appended to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
Sustainable Procurement: Dr Paul Leinster, Director of Operations, Mr Mark Yeoman, Head of Procurement and Mr Chris Browne, Procurement Strategy Manager, Environment Agency; and Dr Gordon Murray, Improvement and Development agency (IDeA), Mr Colin Cram, Director of the North West Regional Centre of Excellence, and Katherine Cope, Sustainable Procurement Officer for London Borough of Camden, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 March 2005 at 2.45pm.
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty | | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr John McWilliam
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The International Challenge of Climate Change: UK Leadership in the G8 and EU), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 104 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Report of the Committee to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, that the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, that the provisions of Standing Order No.134 (select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
Draft Report (Environmental Education: a follow-up to Learning the Sustainability Lesson), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 128 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Report of the Committee to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, that the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, that the provisions of Standing Order No.134 (select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
Sustainable Procurement: Gill Rutter, Director, Strategy and Sustainable Development, Mr David Rabey, Director of Purchasing and Supply, and Mr Andy Davey, Environment, Business and Consumers Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and, at 4.40pm, from Clare Poulter, Deputy Chief Executive, OGC buying solutions, Mr peter Fanning, Deputy Chief Executive OGC and Executive Director for Access to Skills and Know How Directorate and Anne Turner, Director of Procurement Policy, Office of Government Commerce, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22nd March at 3pm.
TUESDAY 22 MARCH 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty
| | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Sustainable Public Procurement), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 16 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Report of the Committee to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, that the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, that the provisions of Standing Order No.134 (select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 April at 3pm.
TUESDAY 5 APRIL 2005
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty
Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Mark Francois | | Mr John McWilliam
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Pre-Budget 2004 and Budget 2005: Tax, Appraisal, and the Environment), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 112 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Report of the Committee to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No.134 (select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.
The Committee deliberated further.
[Adjourned to a day and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2004
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
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The Sub-committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 December at three o'clock.
TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2004
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
| | Mr Colin Challen
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The Sub-committee deliberated.
Environmental Education: Mr Richard Sharland, Director of Development, Groundwork Ms Christine Southwood, Policy Co-ordinator – Education and Learning; Science Museum: Dr Ben Gammon, Head of Learning and Audience Development, Science Museum, London, Ms Rebecca Dawson, Executive Assistant, NMSI Masterplanning and Sustainable Development; and Girlguiding UK: Ms Jacky Ramsden, Outdoor Activity Adviser, and Ms Connie Wessels, Project Co-ordinator, International Education , were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 December at three o'clock.
TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2004
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr Simon Thomas |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Environmental Education: Dr Andy Johnston, Head of Education and Learning, Forum for the Future; From: Mr John Baines, Chairman of the PP45D Project), and Mr Glenn Strachen, Programme Manager, Professional Practice for Sustainable Development (PP4SD); and Mr Trewin Restorick, Director, International Education and Alexandra Woodsworth, Environmental Communications Officer, Global Action Plan, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 January at three o'clock.
TUESDAY 11 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr Simon Thomas
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The sub-committee deliberated.
Environmental Education: Bronwen Jones, Head of the Sustainable Development Unit, Kelly Freeman, Acting Director of Communications and Bob Ryder, Deputy Head of Environment, Business and Consumer Division, DEFRA. Ms Susan Lewis, Chief Inspector of Education and training and Mr Gareth Wyn Jones, HM Inspector of Education and Training, Estyn. Mr Paul Allen, Development Director and Ms Anne McGarry, Centre for Alternative Technology, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 January 2005 at 3pm.
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr Simon Thomas
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The sub-committee deliberated.
Environmental Education: Mr Leszek Iwaskow, HM Inspector of Schools and Subject Specialist Adviser for Geography, and Mr Peter Daw, Divisional Manager (Head from 1 April) Curriculum and Dissemination Division, OFSTED; Mr Brian Stevens, Director, Finance and Education Services (FeDs); and Mr Ian Colwill, Director of Curriculum, and Mr John Westaway, Consultant for ESD, QCA, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 January 2005 at 10am.
WEDNESDAY 19 JANUARY 2005
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
| Mr Peter Ainsworth | | Mr Simon Thomas |
The sub-committee deliberated.
Environmental Education: Derek Twigg, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, and Michael Stevenson, Director for Strategy and Communications, Department for Education and Skills (DfES); Mr Hadrian Southorn, Secretary, National Association of School Governors; and Dr David Lambert, Chief Executive, Geographical Association, were examined.
[The sub-committee adjourned.
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