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 %
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Total number of meetings:
|
79 |
Of which:
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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
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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:
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Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 6
|
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 Estate | 1
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Appearances by other witnesses:
| 200 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
5-9.12.10 | CancunA
| Yeo | |
To attend
UNFCCC COP16
| £4,238 |
6-10.3.11 | Dallas and Washington
| Yeo, Lee, Owen, Whitehead
| 1 | Inquiry into Shale Gas
| £40,044 |
3-7.12.11 | Durban, South AfricaA
| Yeo | |
To attend GLOBE meeting and UNFCCC COP 17
| £4,623 |
12-17.2.12 | China
| Yeo, Lavery, Lee, Pincher, Smith, Whitehead
| 2 | To investigate low-carbon growth links with China
| £48,727 |
26-27.3.12 | CopenhagenA
| Robertson | 1
| 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
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
15-16.11.10 | Brussels
| Yeo, Byles, Gardiner, Owen, Smith
| 2 | Visit to European Commission
| £4,458 |
29.9-1.10.11 | StockholmA
| Whitehead |
| To attend Inter-Parliamentary meeting EUFORES
| £637 |
26-27.10.11 | Brussels
| Yeo, Byles, Lee, Smith, Whitehead
| 2 | Inquiry into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
| £4,206 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
1.2.11 | Wokingham & Bracknell
| Yeo, Owen, Pincher, Whitehead
| 4 | Inquiry into Electricity Market Reform
| £335 |
2.3.11 | Blackpool
| Yeo, Owen, Pincher, Whitehead
| 2 | Inquiry into Shale Gas
| £776 |
17-18.10.11 | Orkney, Scotland
| Yeo, Gardiner, Lee, Owen, Robertson
| 2 | Inquiry into the Future of Marine Renewables in the UK
| £4,144 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Emissions Performance Standards
| 523 | 2.12.10
| 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
| 450 | 6.1.11
| 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
| 648 | 26.1.11
| Published by Department, June 2011
|
Fourth Report: Electricity Market Reform
| 742 | 16.5.11
| 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
| 795 | 23.5.11
| 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
| 1046 | 25.7.11
| Received 16.09.11: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Seventh Report: A European Supergrid
| 1040 | 22.9.11
| 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?
| 1065 | 25.10.11
| Received 1.2.12: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Ninth Report: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs
| 1605 | 22.12.11
| 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
| 1476 | 26.1.12
| 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
| 1624 | 19.2.12
| 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
| 1646 | 18.4.12
| 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
| 455 | 13.9.10
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Fuel Poverty: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2009-10
| 541 | 25.10.10
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: The future of Britain's electricity networks: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2009-10
| 629 | 29.11.10
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Emissions Performance Standards: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-11
| 807 | 24.2.11
| 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
| 882 | 22.3.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: Electricity Market Reform: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1448 | 26.7.11
| Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Shale Gas: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1449 | 26.7.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Special Report: Ofgem's Retail Market Review: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1544 | 19.10.11
| Not applicable |
Ninth Special Report: A European Supergrid: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2010-12
| 1684 | 5.12.11
| 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
| 1813 | 22.2.12
| 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
| 1858 | 5.3.12
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Special Report: The EU Emissions Trading System: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1870 | 26.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Work of the Department of Energy and Climate Change
| 474-i | 16.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The effect on energy usage of extending British Summer Time
| 562-i | 21.11.11
| 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-i | 23.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Big Six Energy Companies
| 670-i | 25.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: UN Climate Change Conference, Cancun
| 696-i | 23.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Implications for the North Sea oil and gas industry of the Budget 2011
| 1018-i | 18.1.12
| 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
| 1160 | 18.1.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: DECC Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
| 1623-i | 19.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
| 1653-i | 19.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Outcomes from Durban UNFCCC COP 17
| 1715-i | 19.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors
| 1744-i | 16.1.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Fuel poverty in the private rented and off-grid sectors
| 1744-ii | 13.2.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform Technical Update
| 1781-i | 11.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Electricity Market Reform Technical Update
| 1781-ii | 18.4.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Bioenergy
| 1850-i | 28.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Low-Carbon Growth Links with China
| 1878-i | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Low-Carbon Growth Links with China
| 1878-ii | 30.4.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of potential Scottish independence in Energy and Climate Change
| 1912-i | 19.4.12
| Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of potential Scottish independence in Energy and Climate Change
| 1912-ii | 30.4.12
| 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
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
A European Supergrid |
3 |
Bioenergy | 1
|
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 Gas | 4
|
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 DrillingImplications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
| 4 |
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16 & CMP 6)
| 1 |
Total | 61
|
A Jointly
with the Environmental Audit Committee
|