Annex 1
Environmental
Audit
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The Committee was
nominated by the House of Commons on 13 July 2005.
Members
Yeo, Mr Tim (Chairman)
Barker, Gregory
Caton, Mr Martin
Challen, Colin
Chaytor, Mr David
Horwood, Martin
Hurd, Mr Nick
Kennedy, Jane (added 12.1.09)
Lazarowicz, Mark
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Malik, Mr Shahid
Riordan, Mrs Linda
Stuart, Mr Graham
Swinson, Jo
Turner, Dr Desmond
Walley, Joan
Woolas, Phil (discharged 12.1.09)
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
24 out of 27
0 out of 27
15 out of 27
22 out of 27
16 out of 27
17 out of 27
3 out of 27
0 out of 25
18 out of 27
2 out of 27
0 out of 27
0 out of 27
0 out of 27
9 out of 27
25 out of 27
23 out of 27
0 out of 2
40.3 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 27
|
Of which:
| |
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 23
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Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0
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Number of wholly private meetings
| 4
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Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0
|
Other activities
| |
Informal meetings
| 2
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Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 0
|
Staff
Details of the permanent
staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the
Committee's publications.
Specialist
Advisers during the Session
Dr Merylyn McKenzie
Hedger.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
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Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1
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Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 7
|
Members of the House of Commons
| 1
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Members of the House of Lords
| 1
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Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 1
|
Department of Energy and Climate Change
| 3
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Prime Minister's Office
| 1
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Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
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Committee on Climate Change
| 3
|
Met Office
| 1
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Office of Climate Change
| 1
|
Office of Government Commerce
| 1
|
Sustainable Development Commission
| 3
|
Appearances by other witnesses
| 44
|
Overseas Visits
Date
| Destination
| Members
| Staff
| Purpose
| Cost
|
7-12.12.08
| Poznañ, PolandA
| Challen
| 0
| UNFCCC 14th Conference of the Parties (COP)
| £1,177.56
|
18-24.1.09
| Douala, Kribi and Yaounde, Cameroon
| Yeo, Challen, Chaytor, Lazarowicz, Swinson, Turner, Walley
| 2
| Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| £37,130.50
|
17-23.5.09
| Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, USA
| Yeo, Challen, Liddell-Grainger
| 2
| The role of the carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| £31,296.58
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European
Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date
| Destination
| Members
| Staff
| Purpose
| Cost
|
11-12.11.09
| The Met Office, ExeterA
| Yeo, Challen, Swinson
| 2
| Adapting to Climate Change
| £1,706.25
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and
Oral and Written Evidence
Title
| HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 108
| 23.12.08
| Not applicable
|
Second Report: Environmental Labelling
| 243
| 23.3.09
| Received 29.6.09: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Third Report: Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession
| 202
| 16.3.09
| Received 14.5.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Fourth Report: Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping
| 528
| 1.6.09
| Received 29.7.09: published as Sixth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Fifth Report: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| 30
| 29.6.09
| Received 13.10.09: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
Sixth Report: Greening Government
| 503
| 5.8.09
| Received 5.10.09: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2008-09
|
First Special Report: Vehicle Excise Duty as an environmental tax: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 72
| 18.12.08
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Halting biodiversity loss: Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 239
| 12.2.09
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 283
| 5.3.09
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2008-09
| 563
| 8.6.09
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Environmental Labelling: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2008-09
| 861
| 21.7.09
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1015
| 23.10.09
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: Greening Government: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1014
| 23.10.09
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1063
| 2.11.09
| Not applicable
|
Oral Evidence: Carbon Budgets
| 234
| 26.3.09
| Not applicable
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The scientific basis for carbon reduction targets
| 1214
| 2.7.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-i
| 20.4.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-ii
| 27.4.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-iii
| 6.5.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-iv
| 18.5.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393-v
| 8.6.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-i
| 15.6.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-ii
| 29.6.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-iii
| 20.7.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616-iv
| 3.11.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-i
| 22.6.09
| Not applicable
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Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-ii
| 7.7.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-iii
| 13.7.09
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-iv
| 26.10.09
| Not applicable
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Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671-v
| 11.11.09
| Not applicable
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Written Evidence published on the Internet: The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 393
| 16.10.09
| Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets
| 616
| 22.10.09
| Not applicable
|
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills
| 671
| 4.11.09
| Not applicable
|
Government
replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's
Ninth Report: Carbon capture and storage, published as
Cm 7605 (26.8.09).
Reply to the Committee's
Tenth Report: Vehicle Excise Duty as an environmental tax,
received 4.12.08 and published as the Committee's First Special
Report Session 2008-09.
Reply to the Committee's
Eleventh Report: The Export Credits Guarantee Department and
Sustainable Development, received 23.2.09 and published as
the Committee's Third Special Report Session 2008-09.
Reply to the Committee's
Twelfth Report: Greener homes for the future? An environmental
analysis of the Government's house-building plans, published
as Cm 7615 (12.5.09).
Reply to the Committee's
Thirteenth Report: Halting biodiversity loss, received
26.1.09 and published as the Committee's Second Special Report
Session 2008-09.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes
of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting
of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website
at http://www.parliament.uk/eacom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports
were debated on 1 occasion in Westminster Hall. Committee reports
were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in
the House of Commons or Westminster Hall on 2 occasions. Further
details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report.
Number of oral
evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
Inquiry
| Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Carbon Budgets
(including one session before formal commencement of inquiry)
| 5
|
Green jobs and skills
| 5
|
Greening Government
| 1
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Pre-Budget Report 2008: Green fiscal policy in a recession
| 2
|
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests
| 5
|
The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
| 5
|
Total
| 23
|
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