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)
Gregory Barker, MP (Conservative, Bexhill and
Battle)
Mr Martin Caton, MP (Labour, Gower)
Mr Colin Challen, MP (Labour, Morley and Rothwell)
Mr David Chaytor, MP (Labour, Bury North)
Martin Horwood, MP (Liberal Democrat, Cheltenham)
Mr Nick Hurd, MP (Conservative, Ruislip Northwood)
Mark Lazarowicz, MP (Labour/Co-operative, Edinburgh
North and Leith)
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP (Conservative, Bridgewater)
Mr Shahid Malik, MP (Labour, Dewsbury)
Mrs Linda Riordan, MP (Labour, Halifax)
Mr Graham Stuart, MP (Conservative, Beverley &
Holderness)
Jo Swinson, MP (Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire)
Dr Desmond Turner, MP (Labour, Brighton, Kempton)
Joan Walley, MP (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North)
Mr Phil Woolas, MP (Labour, Oldham and Saddleworth)
[ex-officio]
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 from the present
and prior Parliaments is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are: Gordon Clarke
(Clerk); Anne-Marie Griffiths (Second Clerk); Richard Douglas
(Committee Specialist); Oliver Bennett (Committee Specialist);
Susan Monaghan (Senior Committee Assistant); Jennifer Steele (Committee
Assistant); and Charlotte Towerton (Sandwich Student)
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
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