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15  ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 12 July 2010.
Members

Yeo, Mr Tim (Chair)

Byles, Daniel

Doyle, Gemma (discharged 3.11.10)

Gardiner, Barry (added 3.11.10)

Greatrex, Tom (discharged 3.11.10)

Lavery, Ian (added 3.11.10)

Lee, Dr Philip

Owen, Albert

Pincher, Christopher

Robertson, John

Sandys, Laura

Smith, Sir Robert

Whitehead, Dr Alan

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

75 out of 79

49 out of 79

6 out of 10

44 out of 69

6 out of 10

39 out of 69

51 out of 79

50 out of 79

55 out of 79

39 out of 79

53 out of 79

71 out of 79

66 out of 79

69.5 %


Total number of meetings:

79

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 61
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 18
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees1 3
Other activities
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors) 9

1 Jointly with the Environmental Audit Committee

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

Mr Paul Domjan, Dr Robert Gross, Professor David Newbery and Dr Jim Watson

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers6
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers) 16
Members of the House of Lords 3
Minister, Scottish Government 1
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of:
Department of Energy and Climate Change 3
Department for International Development 1
Scottish Executive

Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-

Ministerial departments comprising:

1
Committee on Climate Change 3
Environment Agency 1
Health and Safety Executive 1
Office for Nuclear Regulation 1
Office of Fair Trading 1
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 5
The Crown Estate1
Appearances by other witnesses: 200

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
5-9.12.10CancunA Yeo To attend

UNFCCC COP16

£4,238
6-10.3.11Dallas and Washington Yeo, Lee, Owen, Whitehead 1Inquiry into Shale Gas £40,044
3-7.12.11Durban, South AfricaA Yeo To attend GLOBE meeting and UNFCCC COP 17 £4,623
12-17.2.12China Yeo, Lavery, Lee, Pincher, Smith, Whitehead 2To investigate low-carbon growth links with China £48,727
26-27.3.12CopenhagenA Robertson1 To attend Inter-Parliamentary meeting for Climate, Energy, Building and Transport Committee Chairs £1,048

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
15-16.11.10Brussels Yeo, Byles, Gardiner, Owen, Smith 2Visit to European Commission £4,458
29.9-1.10.11StockholmA Whitehead To attend Inter-Parliamentary meeting EUFORES £637
26-27.10.11Brussels Yeo, Byles, Lee, Smith, Whitehead 2Inquiry into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme £4,206

A Travel in a representative capacity

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
1.2.11Wokingham & Bracknell Yeo, Owen, Pincher, Whitehead 4Inquiry into Electricity Market Reform £335
2.3.11Blackpool Yeo, Owen, Pincher, Whitehead 2Inquiry into Shale Gas £776
17-18.10.11Orkney, Scotland Yeo, Gardiner, Lee, Owen, Robertson 2Inquiry into the Future of Marine Renewables in the UK £4,144

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Emissions Performance Standards 5232.12.10 Received 8.2.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Emissions Performance Standards 2.12.10 Not applicable
Second Report: UK Deepwater Drilling - Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 4506.1.11 Received, 4.3.11: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK Deepwater Drilling - Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 6.1.11 Not applicable
Third Report: The revised draft National Policy Statements on energy 64826.1.11 Published by Department, June 2011
Fourth Report: Electricity Market Reform 74216.5.11 Received 18.7.11: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform 16.5.11 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Shale Gas 79523.5.11 Received 15.7.11: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Shale Gas 23.5.11 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Ofgem's Retail Market Review 104625.7.11 Received 16.09.11: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Seventh Report: A European Supergrid 104022.9.11 Received 23.11.11: published as the Ninth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: A European Supergrid 22.9.11 Not applicable
Eighth Report: The UK Energy Supply: Security or Independence? 106525.10.11 Received 1.2.12: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Ninth Report: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs 160522.12.11 Received 22.2.12: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs 22.12.11 Not applicable
Tenth Report: The EU Emissions Trading System 147626.1.12 Received 28.3.12: published as Twelfth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The EU Emissions Trading System 26.1.12 Not applicable
Eleventh Report: The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK 162419.2.12 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK 19.2.12 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Consumption-Based Emissions Reporting 164618.4.12 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Consumption-Based Emissions Reporting 18.4.12 Not applicable
First Special Report: Low carbon technologies in a green economy: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2009-10 45513.9.10 Not applicable
Second Special Report: Fuel Poverty: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2009-10 54125.10.10 Not applicable
Third Special Report: The future of Britain's electricity networks: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2009-10 62929.11.10 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Emissions Performance Standards: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-11 80724.2.11 Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: UK Deepwater Drilling-Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-11 88222.3.11 Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Electricity Market Reform: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12 144826.7.11 Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Shale Gas: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12 144926.7.11 Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Ofgem's Retail Market Review: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12 154419.10.11 Not applicable
Ninth Special Report: A European Supergrid: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2010-12 16845.12.11 Not applicable
Tenth Special Report: The UK's Energy Supply: Security or Independence? Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 181322.2.12 Not applicable
Eleventh Special Report: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs: Government Response to the Ninth Report of Session 2010-12 of the Energy and Climate Change Committee and Tenth Report of Session 2010-12 of the Environmental Audit Committee 18585.3.12 Not applicable
Twelfth Special Report: The EU Emissions Trading System: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2010-12 187026.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Department of Energy and Climate Change 474-i16.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The effect on energy usage of extending British Summer Time 562-i21.11.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The effect on energy usage of extending British Summer Time 21.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Comprehensive Spending Review and the Department of Energy and Climate Change 641-i23.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Big Six Energy Companies 670-i25.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: UN Climate Change Conference, Cancun 696-i23.11.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Implications for the North Sea oil and gas industry of the Budget 2011 1018-i18.1.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Implications for the North Sea oil and gas industry of the Budget 2011 18.1.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Japanese earthquake and tsunami: implications for the UK nuclear industry 116018.1.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: DECC Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 1623-i19.4.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 1653-i19.4.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Outcomes from Durban UNFCCC COP 17 1715-i19.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors 1744-i16.1.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors 1744-ii13.2.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform Technical Update 1781-i11.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform Technical Update 1781-ii18.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Bioenergy 1850-i28.2.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Low-Carbon Growth Links with China 1878-i12.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Low-Carbon Growth Links with China 1878-ii30.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of potential Scottish independence in Energy and Climate Change 1912-i19.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of potential Scottish independence in Energy and Climate Change 1912-ii30.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: NAO briefing: The Electricity Generating Landscape in Great Britain 20.7.10 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The effect on energy usage of extending BST 28.10.10 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: NAO briefing: Performance of Ofgem 8.2.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2010-11 15.2.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform 16.5.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Ofgem's Retail Market Review 20.05.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Main Estimates 2011-12 16.6.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Ofgem Main Estimate 2011-12 29.6.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Gannet Oil Leak? 13.9.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The UK's Energy Supply: Security or Independence 25.10.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Consumption-Based Emissions Reporting 3.12.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel poverty on the private rented and off-grid sectors 30.12.11 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Autumn Statement letter: Carbon Capture and Storage 24.1.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: Carbon Capture and Storage 24.1.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform Technical Update 1.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 3.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: Electricity Market Reform Technical update 6.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: The UK's Energy Supply: Security or Independence? 21.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: Carbon Capture and Storage 22.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Ofgem Supplementary Estimate 2011-12 22.2.12
Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: Government response to the UK's Energy Supply: Security or Independence? 22.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010-11 23.2.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of potential Scottish independence on energy and climate change 2.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Consumer Engagement with Energy Markets 2.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence: The EU Emissions Trading System 26.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: NAO briefing: The nuclear energy landscape in Great Britain 30.4.12 Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10

Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: Low carbon technologies in a green economy, received 26.07.10, and published as the First Special Report, Session 2010-12.

Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: Fuel poverty, received 05.11.10, and published as the Second Special Report, Session 2010-12.

Reply to the Committee's Second Report: The Future of Britain's Electricity Networks, received 29.11.10, and published as the Third Special Report, Session 2010-12.

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/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/energy-and-climate-change-committee/formal-minutes/.

Divisions

None

Debates

The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Third Report, Session 2009-10, The proposals for national policy statements on energy, HC 231, the Government Response, and oral and written evidence taken before the Committee on 30 November 2010, HC 648-i of Session 2010-12, on The revised draft National Policy Statements on energy, 01.12.10

Oral and written evidence, Session 2010-12, The effect on energy usage of extending British Summer Time, HC 562-i, 03.12.10

Third Report, Session 2010-12, on The revised draft National Policy Statements on energy, HC 648, and the Government Response of June 2011, 18.07.11

Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, Electricity Market Reform, HC 742, and the Government's response, HC 1448, and the Sixth Report, Session 2010-12, Ofgem's Retail Market Review, HC 1046, and the Government Response, HC 1544, 19.10.11

Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, Electricity Market Reform, HC 742, and the Government's response, HC 1448, and Sixth Report, Session 2010-12, Ofgem's Retail Market Review, HC 1046, and the Government Response, HC 1544, 11.01.12

Oral and written evidence, Session 2010-12, Implications for the North Sea Oil and Gas Industry of the Budget 2011, HC 1018-i and -ii, 25.01.12

Eleventh Report, Session 2010-12, Future of Marine Renewables in the UK, , HC 1624, 05.03.12

The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:

Fifth Report, Session 2010-12, Shale Gas, HC 795, and the Government Response, HC 1449, and Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, Electricity Market Reform, HC 742, and the Government Response, HC 1448, 03.11.11  

The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall:

Fifth Report, Session 2009-10, Fuel Poverty, HC 424, 07.07.10

Third Report, Session 2009-10, Proposals for national policy statements on energy, HC 231, 08.07.10

Fifth Report, Session 2009-10, Fuel Poverty, HC 424, and the Government Response, HC 501, 19.01.11

Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, Electricity Market Reform, HC 742, and the Government Response, HC 1448, and Sixth Report, Session 2010-12, Ofgem's Retail Market Review, HC 1046, and the Government Response, HC 1544, 28.02.12

Eleventh Report, Session 2010-12, Future of Marine Renewables in the UK, HC 1624, 29.02.12

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
A European Supergrid 3
Bioenergy1
Comprehensive Spending Review 1
Consumption-Based Emissions Reporting 3
Department of Energy and Climate Change Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 1
Electricity Market Reform 7
Electricity Market Reform Technical Update 2
Emissions Performance Standards 2
Fuel Poverty in the Private Rented and Off-grid Sectors 2
Implications of the Budget 2011 on the oil and gas industry 1
Japanese earthquake and tsunami: implications for the UK nuclear industry 1
Low-Carbon growth links with China 2
Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts 1
Ofgem's Retail Market Review 3
Outcomes from Durban UNFCCC COP 17 1
Revised Draft National Policy Statements 2
Shale Gas4
Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs 2 A
The Big Six Energy Companies (Dec 2010) 1
The effect on energy usage of extending British Summer Time 1
The EU Emissions Trading System 3
The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK 3
The impact of potential Scottish independence on energy and climate change 2
The UK's energy supply: security or independence? 6
The work of the Department of Energy and Climate Change 2010 1
UK Deepwater Drilling—Implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill 4
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16 & CMP 6) 1
Total61

A Jointly with the Environmental Audit Committee


 
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