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]
The Committee was founded in 1997[2] by the incoming Labour government as a cross departmental select committee with the idea that environmental issues affect a number of departments.[3]
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[4]
As of 22 January 2024, these were the members of the Environmental Audit Select Committee:[5] [6]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Dunne MP (Chair) | Conservative | Ludlow | ||
| Duncan Baker MP | Conservative | North Norfolk | ||
| Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | ||
| Barry Gardiner MP | Labour | Brent North | ||
| James Gray MP | Conservative | North Wiltshire | ||
| Chris Grayling MP | Conservative | Epsom and Ewell | ||
| Ian Levy MP | Conservative | Blyth Valley | ||
| Clive Lewis MP | Labour | Norwich South | ||
| Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion | ||
| Cherilyn Mackrory MP | Conservative | Truro and Falmouth | ||
| Jerome Mayhew MP | Conservative | Broadland | ||
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North | ||
| John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk | ||
| Dr Matthew Offord MP | Conservative | Hendon | ||
| Chris Skidmore MP | Conservative | Kingswood | ||
| Cat Smith MP | Labour | Lancaster and Fleetwood | ||
| Claudia Webbe MP | Independent | Leicester East | ||
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[8] [9]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Creagh MP (Chair) | Labour | Wakefield | ||
| Dr Thérèse Coffey MP | Conservative | Suffolk Coastal | ||
| Geraint Davies MP | Labour (Co-op) | Swansea West | ||
| Zac Goldsmith MP | Conservative | Richmond Park | ||
| Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion | ||
| Kerry McCarthy MP | Labour | Bristol East | ||
| Anna McMorrin MP | Labour | Cardiff North | ||
| John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk | ||
| Dr Matthew Offord MP | Conservative | Hendon | ||
| Dr Dan Poulter MP | Conservative | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | ||
| Joan Ryan MP | Labour | Enfield North | ||
| Alex Sobel MP | Labour and Co-op | Leeds North West | ||
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 December 2017 | Vacant | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | Hansard | ||||
| Colin Clark MP (Conservative) | Gordon | ||||||||
| 22 January 2018 | Vacant | → | Robert Goodwill MP (Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | Hansard | ||||
| Philip Dunne MP (Conservative) | Ludlow | ||||||||
| 4 June 2018 | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | → | James Gray MP (Conservative) | North Wiltshire | Hansard | |||
| 25 February 2019 | Joan Ryan MP (TIG) | Enfield North | → | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | Hansard | |||
| 8 May 2019 | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | → | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard | |||
| 13 May 2019 | Colin Clark MP (Conservative) | Gordon | → | Derek Thomas MP (Conservative) | St Ives | Hansard | |||
| 15 July 2019 | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | → | Jeremy Lefroy MP (Conservative) | Stafford | Hansard | |||
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 20 July 2015.[10] [11]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huw Irranca-Davies MP (Chair) | Labour and Co-op | Ogmore | ||
| Peter Aldous MP | Conservative | Waveney | ||
| Caroline Ansell MP | Conservative | Eastbourne | ||
| Jo Churchill MP | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds | ||
| Zac Goldsmith MP | Conservative | Richmond Park | ||
| Margaret Greenwood MP | Labour | Wirral West | ||
| Luke Hall MP | Conservative | Thornbury and Yate | ||
| Carolyn Harris MP | Labour | Swansea East | ||
| Peter Heaton-Jones MP | Conservative | North Devon | ||
| Peter Lilley MP | Conservative | Hitchin and Harpenden | ||
| Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion | ||
| Holly Lynch MP | Labour | Halifax | ||
| John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk | ||
| Rebecca Pow MP | Conservative | Taunton Deane | ||
| Jeff Smith MP | Labour | Manchester Withington | ||
| Rory Stewart MP | Conservative | Penrith and The Border | ||
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 26 July 2010.[13] [14]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Walley MP (Chair) | Labour | Stoke-on-Trent North | ||
| Peter Aldous MP | Conservative | Waveney | ||
| Richard Benyon MP | Conservative | Newbury | ||
| Neil Carmichael MP | Conservative | Stroud | ||
| Martin Caton MP | Labour | Gower | ||
| Katy Clark MP | Labour | North Ayrshire and Arran | ||
| Ian Murray MP | Labour | Edinburgh South | ||
| Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | ||
| Caroline Nokes MP | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | ||
| Mark Spencer MP | Conservative | Sherwood | ||
| Dr Alan Whitehead MP | Labour | Southampton Test | ||
| Simon Wright MP | Liberal Democrats | Norwich South | ||
| 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 and Co-op) | Islwyn | Hansard | |||
| 11 November 2013 | Paul Uppal MP (Conservative) | Wolverhampton South West | → | Vacant | Hansard | ||||
| 25 November 2013 | Richard Benyon MP (Conservative) | Newbury | → | Dan Rogerson MP (Liberal Democrats) | North Cornwall | Hansard | |||
| 16 December 2013 | Vacant | → | Caroline Spelman MP (Conservative) | Meriden | Hansard | ||||
| 18 March 2014 | Chris Evans MP (Labour Co-op) | Islwyn | → | Mike Kane MP (Labour) | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Hansard | |||