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
Mary Creagh MP (Labour, Wakefield) (Chair)
Peter Aldous MP (Conservative, Waveney)
Caroline Ansell MP (Conservative, Eastbourne)
Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative, Suffolk Coastal) [ex-officio]
Geraint Davies MP (Labour (Co-op), Swansea West)
Glyn Davies MP (Conservative, Montgomeryshire)
Margaret Greenwood MP (Labour, Wirral West)
Luke Hall MP (Conservative, Thornbury and Yate)
Peter Heaton-Jones MP (Conservative, North Devon)
Mr Peter Lilley MP (Conservative, Hitchin and Harpenden)
Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party, Brighton, Pavilion)
John Mc Nally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk)
Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East)
Dr Mathew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon)
Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour, Southampton, Test)
The following Members were members of the Committee during the inquiry:
Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds); Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative, Richmond Park); Carolyn Harris MP (Labour, Swansea East); Rebecca Pow (Conservative, Taunton Deane); Rory Stewart MP (Conservative, Penrith and The Border) [ex-officio]
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
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/eacom and in print by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are David Slater (Clerk), Lauren Boyer (Second Clerk), Tom Leveridge (Senior Committee Specialist), Tom Glithero (Committee Specialist), Emily Purssell (Committee Researcher), Ameet Chudasama (Senior Committee Assistant), Baris Tufekci (Committe Assistant), and Nicholas Davies (Media Officer)
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5776; the Committee’s email address is eacom@parliament.uk.
16 November 2016