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
Joan Walley MP (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North)
(Chair)
Peter Aldous MP (Conservative, Waveney)
Richard Benyon MP (Conservative, Newbury)
[ex-officio]
Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative, Stroud)
Martin Caton MP (Labour, Gower)
Katy Clark MP (Labour, North Ayrshire and Arran)
Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative, Richmond Park)
Mark Lazarowicz MP (Labour/Co-operative, Edinburgh
North and Leith)
Caroline Lucas MP (Green, Brighton Pavilion)
Ian Murray MP (Labour, Edinburgh South)
Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative, South East Cornwall)
Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton
North)
Mr Mark Spencer MP (Conservative, Sherwood)
Paul Uppal MP (Conservative, Wolverhampton,
South West
Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour, Southampton Test)
Simon Wright MP (Liberal Democrat, Norwich South)
The following member was also a member of the Committee
during the Parliament:
Simon Kirby MP (Conservative, Brighton Kemptown)
Powers
The constitution and powers are set out in House
of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO 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/eacom. A list of Reports of the Committee
in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
The Reports of the Committee,
the formal minutes relating to that report, oral
evidence taken and some or all written evidence are
available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence may be published on the
internet only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Simon Fiander
(Clerk), Edward White (Second Clerk), Lee Nicholson (Committee
Specialist), Andrew Wallace (Senior Committee Assistant), Anna
Browning (Committee Assistant), Ed Bolton (Committee Support Assistant)
and Nicholas Davies (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 6150; the Committee's email address is eacom@parliament.uk
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