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16  ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 26 July 2010.
Members

Walley, Joan (Chair)

Aldous, Peter

Benyon, Mr Richard

Carmichael, Neil

Caton, Martin

Clark, Katy

Goldsmith, Zac

Kirby, Simon (discharged 5.12.11)

Lazarowicz, Mark

Lucas, Caroline

Murray, Ian

Murray, Sheryll

Nokes, Caroline

Spencer, Mr Mark

Uppal, Paul (added 5.12.11)

Whitehead, Dr Alan

Wright, Simon

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

63 out of 64

56 out of 64

0 out of 64

43 out of 64

38 out of 64

32 out of 64

58 out of 64

32 out of 48

41 out of 64

55 out of 64

19 out of 64

47 out of 64

41 out of 64

45 out of 64

13 out of 16

47 out of 64

44 out of 64

65.8 %

Total number of meetings: 64

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 49
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 15
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees1 3
Other activities
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors) 8

1 Jointly with the Energy and Climate Change 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

Neil Bird, Kelvin MacDonald, Professor Tim O'Riordan, and Farooq Ullah

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers8
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers) 11
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Cabinet Office2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10
Department for Communities and Local Government 2
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 3
Department of Energy and Climate Change 8
Department of Health 1
Department for International Development 3
HM Treasury7
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Met Office1
Sustainable Development Commission 1
Appearances by other witnesses: 146

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
3-7.12.10CancunA Clark UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference £4,640
25-27.1.11Freiburg-im-Breisgau and FrankfurtA Walley,

S Murray, Whitehead

2Inquiry into the Green Investment Bank £5,911
1-6.12.11DurbanA Walley Globe Legislators Forum and UN Climate Change Conference £4,747

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
3-4.10.10BrusselsA Walley Meeting of EU environmental committee chairs £501
1-2.3.11Brussels Walley, Goldsmith,

S Murray, Nokes, Spencer, Wright

1Visit to the European Institutions £3,546
24-26.5.11BrusselsA Walley EU environmental conference and inquiries into Carbon Budgets and the Green Investment Bank £687
21.3.12BrusselsA Walley Meeting of EU environmental committee chairs in preparation for the UN Sustainable Development Conference £435

A Travel in a representative capacity

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
13.1.11Sustainable Building Centre, Leamington Spa Walley,

S Murray, Nokes, Spencer

1Inquiries into Carbon Budgets and the Green Investment Bank £207
3.2.11Met Office, Exeter Walley,

I Murray, Spencer, Whitehead

1Preparation for attending UN Convention on Climate Change conference £598
8.9.11Waitrose Farm, Stockbridge Walley,

S Murray, Nokes, Spencer, Whitehead

1Inquiry into Sustainable Food £108
18.10.11Keele University Walley, Lucas,

S Murray, Wright

2Sustainable Development Seminar £958

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Embedding sustainable development across Government, after the Secretary of State's announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission 50410.1.11 Received 18.3.11: published with Fourth Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Embedding sustainable development across Government, after the Secretary of State's announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission 10.1.11 Not applicable
Second Report: The Green Investment Bank 50511.3.11 Received 18.7.11: published as First Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Green Investment Bank 11.3.11 Not applicable
Third Report: Sustainable Development in the Localism Bill 79922.3.11 Received 12.8.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
Fourth Report: Embedding sustainable development: the Government's response 87725.5.11 Not applicable
Fifth Report: The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation 71029.6.11 Received 9.9.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation 29.6.11 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Budget 2011 and environmental taxes 8787.7.11 Received 27.1.12: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Budget 2011 and environmental taxes 7.7.11 Not applicable
Seventh Report: Carbon Budgets 108011.10.11 Received 7.12.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Carbon Budgets 11.10.11 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit 102626.10.11 Received 20.12.11: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit 26.10.11 Not applicable
Ninth Report: Air Quality: A follow up report 102414.11.11 Received 31.1.12: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Air Quality: A follow up report 14.11.11 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs A 160522.12.11 Received 22.2.12: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs 22.12.11 Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Sustainable Food 87913.5.12 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Sustainable Food 13.5.12 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: A green economy 102521.5.12 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: A green economy 21.5.12 Not applicable
First Special Report: The Green Investment Bank: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-12 143718.7.11 Not required
Second Special Report: The Localism Bill: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2010-12 148112.9.11 Not required
Third Special Report: The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12 150016.9.11 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Carbon Budgets: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2010-12 172020.12.11 Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 173716.1.12 Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Budget 2011 and Environmental Taxes: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12 15276.2.12 Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Air Quality: A follow up report: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12 182027.2.12 Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2010-12 18585.3.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Sustainable Development and DEFRA's Structural Reform Plan 57619.7.11 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Sustainable Development in the National Planning Policy Framework 148012.10.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The 10% Emissions Reduction Programme for Central Government 1383-i10.08.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Protecting the Arctic 1739-i27.2.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Protecting the Arctic 1739-ii9.3.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Protecting the Arctic 1739-iii18.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Protecting the Arctic 1739-iv23.4.12 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Wildlife Crime 1740-i-ii18.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Wildlife Crime 1740-iii25.4.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Budget 2012 1931-i27.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Protecting the Arctic Between 21.2.12 and

30.4.12

Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Wildlife Crime Between 21.2.12 and

30.4.12

Not applicable

A Joint Report with the Energy and Climate Change Committee

Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10

Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: The role of the carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change, published as Cm 7933 (25.8.10).

Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: Air Quality, published as Cm 7966 (22.11.10).

Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: Adapting to Climate Change, published as Cm 7912 (25.8.10).

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/environmental-audit-committee/formal-minutes/.

Divisions

None

Debates

The following Reports were debated in the House:

Eighth Report, Session 2010-12, Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit, HC 1026, and Fifth Special Report, Session 2010-12, Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12, HC 1737, 28.2.12

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

Third Report, Session 2010-12, Sustainable Development in the Localism Bill, HC 799, 17.5.12 & 18.5.12

Uncorrected Oral Evidence, Session 2010-12, Sustainable Development in the National Planning Policy Framework, HC 1480-i, 20.10.11

Oral and Written Evidence, Session 2010-12, Sustainable Development in the National Planning Policy Framework HC 1480, 24.4.12 & 26.4.12

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Air Quality Follow-up 2
Budget 2011 and environmental taxes 2
Budget 20121
Carbon Budgets2
Embedding sustainable development across Government, after the Secretary of State's announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission 3
Embedding Sustainable Development: The Government's response 1
Green Economy5
Green Investment Bank 7
Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit 2
Protecting the Arctic 4
Solar Power Feed-in Tariffs 2A
Sustainable development and aspects of Defra's Structural Reform Plan 1
Sustainable development in the Localism Bill 1
Sustainable development in the National Planning Policy Framework 1
Sustainable Food7
The 10% Emissions Reduction Programme for Central Government 1
The impact of UK overseas aid on environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation 6
Wildlife Crime3
Total51B

A Jointly with the Energy and Climate Change Committee

B On two occasions the Committee's meeting comprised two separate oral evidence sessions



 
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