The work of the Committee in 2008-09 - Environmental Audit Committee Contents


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
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 4
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees 0
Other activities
Informal meetings 2
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:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers 1
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 7
Members of the House of Commons 1
Members of the House of Lords 1
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Department of Energy and Climate Change 3
Prime Minister's Office 1
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Committee on Climate Change 3
Met Office 1
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
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
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Green jobs and skills 671-v 11.11.09 Not applicable
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
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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