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);
Sara Howe (Second Clerk); Richard Douglas (Committee Specialist);
Oliver Bennett (Committee Specialist); Susan Monaghan (Committee
Assistant); Stella Kin (Secretary); and Elizabeth Gardner (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
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 'Ev 1'.
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