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)
Chris Evans MP (Labour/Co-operative, Islwyn)
Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative, Richmond Park)
Mark Lazarowicz MP (Labour/Co-operative, Edinburgh
North and Leith)
Caroline Lucas MP (Green, Brighton Pavilion)
Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton
North)
Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon)
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 members
were also members of the committee during the parliament:
Ian Murray MP (Labour, Edinburgh South)
Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative, South East Cornwall)
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.
Publications
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.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Simon Fiander
(Clerk), Nicholas Beech (Second Clerk), Lee Nicholson (Committee
Specialist), Andrew Wallace (Senior Committee Assistant), Anna
Browning (Committee Assistant), Yago Zayed (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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