Environmental Audit Select Committee

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The Environmental Audit Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine how government departments' policies and programmes will affect both the environment and sustainable development.[1]

Current membership[]

As of 20 March 2020, these are the members of the Environmental Audit Select Committee:[2]

Member Party Constituency
Philip Dunne MP (Chair) Conservative Ludlow
Duncan Baker MP Conservative North Norfolk
Sir Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch
Feryal Clark MP Labour Enfield North
Ian Levy MP Conservative Blyth Valley
Marco Longhi MP Conservative Dudley North
Robert Goodwill MP Conservative Scarborough and Whitby
Jerome Mayhew MP Conservative Broadland
Caroline Lucas MP Green Brighton Pavilion
Kerry McCarthy MP Labour Bristol East
John McNally MP SNP Falkirk
Claudia Webbe MP Labour Leicester East
Dr Matthew Offord MP Conservative Hendon
Nadia Whittome MP Labour Nottingham East
Shailesh Vara MP Conservative North West Cambridgeshire
Alex Sobel MP Labour (Co-op) Leeds North West

Membership 2017–2019[]

In the 57th parliament the following MPs sat on the committee:

Member Party Constituency
Mary Creagh MP (Chair) Labour Wakefield
Colin Clark MP Conservative Gordon
Dr Thérèse Coffey MP Conservative Suffolk Coastal
Geraint Davies MP Labour (Co-op) Swansea West
Philip Dunne MP Conservative Ludlow
Zac Goldsmith MP Conservative Richmond Park
Robert Goodwill MP Conservative Scarborough and Whitby
James Gray MP Conservative North Wiltshire
Caroline Lucas MP Green Brighton Pavilion
Kerry McCarthy MP Labour Bristol East
John McNally MP SNP Falkirk
Anna McMorrin MP Labour Cardiff North
Dr Matthew Offord MP Conservative Hendon
Alex Cunningham MP Labour Stockton North
Dr Dan Poulter MP Conservative Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Alex Sobel MP Labour (Co-op) Leeds North West

Changes[]

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party
Constituency New Member
& Party
Constituency Source
5 December 2011 Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) Brighton Kemptown Paul Uppal MP (Conservative) Wolverhampton South West Hansard
3 December 2012 Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative) South East Cornwall Matthew Offord MP (Conservative) Hendon Hansard
10 December 2012 Ian Murray MP (Labour) Edinburgh South Chris Evans MP (Labour Co-op) Islwyn Hansard

See also[]

  • List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References[]

  1. ^ "Environmental Audit Select Committee". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
  2. ^ "Membership - Environmental Audit Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

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