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 Tim Yeo, MP (Conservative, South Suffolk)
(Chairman)
Mr Martin Caton, MP (Labour, Gower)
Mr Colin Challen, MP (Labour, Morley and Rothwell)
Mr David Chaytor, MP (Labour, Bury North)
Mr Tim Farron, MP (Liberal Democrat, Westmorland
and Lonsdale)
Mr David Howarth, MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge)
Mr Nick Hurd, MP (Conservative, Ruislip Northwood)
Mr Mark Lazarowicz, MP (Labour/Co-operative, Edinburgh
North and Leith)
Mr Ian Pearson, MP (Labour, Dudley South) [ex-officio]
Mr Mark Pritchard, MP (Conservative, Wrekin, The)
Mrs Linda Riordan, MP (Labour, Halifax)
Mr Graham Stuart, MP (Conservative, Beverley &
Holderness)
Ms Emily Thornberry, MP (Labour, Islington South
& Finsbury)
Dr Desmond Turner, MP (Labour, Brighton, Kempton)
Mr Ed Vaizey, MP (Conservative, Wantage)
Joan Walley, MP (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North)
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); Sara Howe (Second Clerk); Richard Douglas (Committee
Specialist); Oliver Bennett (Committee Specialist); Louise Smith
(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'. number HC *-II
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