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]

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]

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:[4][5]

2019-2024 Parliament

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The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[6][7]

  1. Whip suspended from 28 September 2020.

Changes 2019-2024

2017-2019 Parliament

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The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[9][10]

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2015-2017 Parliament

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The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 20 July 2015.[11][12]

Changes 2015-2017

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Date Outgoing Member
& Party
Constituency New Member
& Party
Constituency Source
26 October 2015 Holly Lynch MP (Labour) Halifax Mary Creagh MP (Labour) Wakefield Hansard
Jeff Smith MP (Labour) Manchester Withington Geraint Davies MP (Labour and Co-op) Swansea West
25 January 2016 Huw Irranca-Davies MP (Chair, Labour) Ogmore Vacant Hansard
10 February 2016 Vacant Mary Creagh MP (Chair, Labour) Wakefield Hansard
Mary Creagh MP (Labour) Ogmore Vacant
4 July 2016 Vacant Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) Bristol East Hansard
12 September 2016 Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) Swansea East Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour) Southampton Test Hansard
10 October 2016 Rory Stewart MP (Conservative) Penrith and The Border Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative) Suffolk Coastal Hansard
25 October 2016 Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative) Richmond Park Vacant Resignation of member from Parliament[13]
31 October 2016 Jo Churchill MP (Conservative) Bury St Edmunds Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) Montgomeryshire Hansard
Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative) Taunton Deane Matthew Offord MP (Conservative) Hendon
28 November 2016 Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour) Southampton Test Gavin Shuker MP (Labour and Co-op) Luton South Hansard
19 December 2016 Vacant Scott Mann MP (Conservative) North Cornwall Hansard
Margaret Greenwood MP (Labour) Wirral West Joan Ryan MP (Labour) Enfield North
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2010-2015 Parliament

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The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 26 July 2010.[14][15]

Changes 2010-2015

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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
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