{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Primary sources|date=July 2023}} 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.<ref name=hoc>{{Cite web |url=http://parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee.cfm |title=Environmental Audit Select Committee |access-date=2007-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516212059/http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee.cfm |archive-date=2007-05-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Committee was founded in 1997<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/243552/environmental-audit-committee-celebrates-25th-anniversary/ | title=Environmental Audit Committee celebrates 25th anniversary at Imperial College | Imperial News | Imperial College London | date=6 March 2023 }}</ref> by the incoming Labour government as a cross departmental select committee with the idea that environmental issues affect a number of departments.<ref>https://consoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CS-Committee-and-Climate-Change-for-upload.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
== Membership == Membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/62/environmental-audit-committee/membership/|title=Environmental Audit Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-03/debates/85C6EB1A-4243-4EB7-8CDD-F9192092C72F/EnvironmentalAudit |title=Environmental Audit Volume 763: debated on Monday 3 March 2025 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=3 March 2025 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=14 March 2025 |quote=That Alison Griffiths be a member of the Environmental Audit Committee.—(Mark Tami, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Toby Perkins MP (Chair) | Labour | Chesterfield |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Olivia Blake MP | Labour | Sheffield Hallam |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Julia Buckley MP | Labour | Shrewsbury |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jonathan Davies MP | Labour | Mid Derbyshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | | Carla Denyer MP | Green | Bristol Central |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Barry Gardiner MP | Labour | Brent West |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Sarah Gibson MP | Liberal Democrats | Chippenham |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Alison Griffiths MP | Conservative | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Hinchliff MP | Labour | North East Hertfordshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sojan Joseph MP | Labour | Ashford |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Manuela Perteghella MP | Liberal Democrats | Stratford-on-Avon |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Martin Rhodes MP | Labour | Glasgow North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Roz Savage MP | Liberal Democrats | South Cotswolds |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Blake Stephenson MP | Conservative | Mid Bedfordshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Whitby MP | Labour | Derbyshire Dales |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | | Sammy Wilson MP | Democratic Unionist Party | East Antrim |- |}
===Changes since 2024=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | nowrap | 15 September 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Pippa Heylings MP (Liberal Democrats) | South Cambridgeshire | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Roz Savage MP (Liberal Democrats) | South Cotswolds | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-09-15/debates/A4DF3FA0-D436-4E20-A73E-B6F9738973D8/EnvironmentalAuditCommittee Hansard] |- | nowrap | 21 October 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | | Ellie Chowns MP (Green) | North Herefordshire | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | | Carla Denyer MP (Green) | Bristol Central | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-10-21/debates/6E69DAE0-01CA-4DD6-95F0-CB59EE2A8A24/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | nowrap | 17 November 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Anna Gelderd MP (Labour) | South East Cornwall | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alison Hume MP (Labour) | Scarborough and Whitby | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-11-17/debates/404CB14C-9DE0-41A3-A145-F2329A933B0C/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | nowrap | 17 November 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alison Taylor MP (Labour) | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jonathan Davies MP (Labour) | Mid Derbyshire | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-11-17/debates/404CB14C-9DE0-41A3-A145-F2329A933B0C/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | nowrap | 25 November 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Cameron Thomas MP (Liberal Democrats) | Tewkesbury | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Manuela Perteghella MP (Liberal Democrats) | Stratford-on-Acon | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-11-24/debates/6AEBC0D1-1AA2-418C-ABAB-AFB5C419F17E/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | nowrap | 5 January 2026 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alison Hume MP (Labour) | Scarborough and Whitby | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sojan Joseph MP (Labour) | Ashford | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-01-05/debates/C7984C6F-F993-44D3-8EAD-56298B741C40/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- |}
== 2019-2024 Parliament == The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-29/debates/AD4CDEB6-5C98-4172-A664-7A6CD4DA1E2E/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=29 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Philip Dunne MP (Chair) | Conservative |Ludlow |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Duncan Baker MP | Conservative |North Norfolk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |Feryal Clark MP | Labour |Enfield North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative |Christchurch |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Robert Goodwill MP | Conservative |Scarborough and Whitby |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Ian Levy MP | Conservative |Blyth Valley |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marco Longhi MP | Conservative |Dudley North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | | Caroline Lucas MP | Green | Brighton Pavilion |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Jerome Mayhew MP | Conservative |Broadland |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Kerry McCarthy MP | Labour | Bristol East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | John McNally MP | SNP | Falkirk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Matthew Offord MP | Conservative | Hendon |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alex Sobel MP | Labour and Co-op | Leeds North West |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Shailesh Vara MP | Conservative | North West Cambridgeshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Claudia Webbe MP | Labour{{efn|Whip suspended from 28 September 2020.}} |Leicester East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Nadia Whittome MP | Labour |Nottingham East |} {{notelist}}
===Changes 2019-2024=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | 8 June 2020 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | Brent North | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-06-08/debates/A1650DE4-7181-4B84-98B7-ECBE1FC27F88/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 12 October 2020 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Shailesh Vara MP (Conservative) | North West Cambridgeshire | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Cherilyn Mackrory MP (Conservative) | Truro and Falmouth | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-10-12/debates/357FEA61-4F47-47CF-BAF4-C09529A49DB1/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 22 February 2021 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Feryal Clark MP (Labour) | Enfield North | rowspan=2| → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Dan Carden MP (Labour) | Liverpool Walton | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-02-22/debates/5EACC1A5-061C-4EB7-B74F-8262E6BB2EFE/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alex Sobel MP (Labour) | Leeds North West | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Helen Hayes MP (Labour) | Dulwich and West Norwood |- | 8 March 2021 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marco Longhi MP (Conservative) | Dudley North | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | James Gray MP (Conservative) | North Wiltshire | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-08/debates/D7A2286B-343E-4DB6-BFAD-7B2112503F01/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 5 January 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Dan Carden MP (Labour) | Liverpool Walton | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-05/debates/22010583000003/Committees Hansard] |- | 8 February 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Nadia Whittome MP (Labour) | Nottingham East | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Lewis MP (Labour) | Norwich South | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-02-08/debates/8E492616-DE6E-4D1A-905E-C96E1B4DC830/Committees Hansard] |- | 17 May 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-05-17/debates/2943EB31-98D9-431A-AE57-85B07748277F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 11 July 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robert Goodwill MP (Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative) | Kingswood | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-07-11/debates/6EDF5AA2-CDD7-48D0-9FD7-396686935604/DraftMentalHealthBill(JointCommittee) Hansard] |- | 7 March 2023 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Helen Hayes MP (Labour) | Dulwich and West Norwood | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Cat Smith MP (Labour) | Lancaster and Fleetwood | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-03-07/debates/23030764000003/EnrivonmentalAuditCommittee Hansard] |- | 8 January 2024 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Chris Skidmore MP (Independent) | Kingswood | → | colspan=3 | ''Vacant'' | Resignation from Parliament<ref>{{cite news |title=Tory MP Chris Skidmore quits over oil and gas drilling |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mp-chris-skidmore-quits-over-oil-and-gas-drilling-13044206 |access-date=21 April 2024 |work=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> |- | 22 January 2024 | colspan=3 | ''Vacant'' | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Grayling MP (Conservative) | Epsom and Ewell | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-22/debates/E9BC8CAE-6A0A-432A-A1C7-05919EA2BB53/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |}
== 2017-2019 Parliament == The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" width="160px" |Member ! valign="top" width="160px" |Party ! valign="top" |Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Mary Creagh MP (Chair) |Labour |Wakefield |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Dr Thérèse Coffey MP |Conservative |Suffolk Coastal |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |Geraint Davies MP |Labour (Co-op) |Swansea West |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Zac Goldsmith MP |Conservative |Richmond Park |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | |Caroline Lucas MP |Green |Brighton Pavilion |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Kerry McCarthy MP |Labour |Bristol East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Anna McMorrin MP |Labour |Cardiff North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |John McNally MP |SNP |Falkirk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Dr Matthew Offord MP |Conservative |Hendon |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Dr Dan Poulter MP |Conservative |Central Suffolk and North Ipswich |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Joan Ryan MP |Labour |Enfield North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour and Co-operative}}" | |Alex Sobel MP |Labour and Co-op |Leeds North West |}
===Changes 2017-2019=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | rowspan=2 | 4 December 2017 |colspan=3 rowspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-04/debates/17120531000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | Colin Clark MP (Conservative) | Gordon |- | rowspan=2 | 22 January 2018 |colspan=3 rowspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Robert Goodwill MP (Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-01-22/debates/8912F270-9D38-4814-917A-15AC46FAEB19/Committees Hansard] |- | Philip Dunne MP (Conservative) | Ludlow |- | 4 June 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | James Gray MP (Conservative) | North Wiltshire | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-04/debates/052A9CD8-E742-4632-80D4-2293535294E3/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 25 February 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Independent Group}}" | | Joan Ryan MP (TIG) | Enfield North | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-25/debates/21978B9B-8D8E-482B-A903-4129AC527016/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 8 May 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-08/debates/2CFCE69B-CEBC-47A6-9CCD-DE4BEB4344A4/Committees Hansard] |- | 13 May 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Colin Clark MP (Conservative) | Gordon | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Derek Thomas MP (Conservative) | St Ives | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-13/debates/6C856CF7-1078-487D-BF59-B9A67D49DE21/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 15 July 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jeremy Lefroy MP (Conservative) | Stafford | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-07-15/debates/B2661F66-FA4C-416E-A8FC-CFFEF83B7E1E/Committees Hansard] |}
==2015-2017 Parliament== The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 20 July 2015.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-20/debates/15072019000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=20 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" width="160px" |Member ! valign="top" width="160px" |Party ! valign="top" |Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Huw Irranca-Davies MP (Chair) |Labour and Co-op |Ogmore |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Peter Aldous MP |Conservative |Waveney |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Caroline Ansell MP |Conservative |Eastbourne |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Jo Churchill MP |Conservative |Bury St Edmunds |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Zac Goldsmith MP |Conservative |Richmond Park |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Margaret Greenwood MP |Labour |Wirral West |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Luke Hall MP |Conservative |Thornbury and Yate |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Carolyn Harris MP |Labour |Swansea East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Peter Heaton-Jones MP |Conservative |North Devon |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Peter Lilley MP |Conservative |Hitchin and Harpenden |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" | |Caroline Lucas MP |Green |Brighton Pavilion |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Holly Lynch MP |Labour |Halifax |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |John McNally MP |SNP |Falkirk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Rebecca Pow MP |Conservative |Taunton Deane |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Jeff Smith MP |Labour |Manchester Withington |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Rory Stewart MP |Conservative |Penrith and The Border |}
===Changes 2015-2017=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | rowspan=2 | 26 October 2015 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Holly Lynch MP (Labour) | Halifax | rowspan=2 | → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Creagh MP (Labour) | Wakefield | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-04/debates/052A9CD8-E742-4632-80D4-2293535294E3/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | Jeff Smith MP (Labour) | Manchester Withington | Geraint Davies MP (Labour and Co-op) | Swansea West |- |25 January 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Huw Irranca-Davies MP (Chair, Labour) | Ogmore | → |colspan=3| ''Vacant'' |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-01-25/debates/1601254000001/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement Hansard] |- |rowspan=2 | 10 February 2016 |colspan=3| ''Vacant'' |rowspan=2 | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Creagh MP (Chair, Labour) | Wakefield |rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-02-10/debates/160210109000001/PoliceGrantReport(EnglandAndWales) Hansard] |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Creagh MP (Labour) | Ogmore |colspan=3| ''Vacant'' |- |4 July 2016 |colspan=3| ''Vacant'' | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-04/debates/F0848C21-06F5-4678-9B40-EB0433A49592/EnvironmentalAudit Hansard] |- | 12 September 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | Swansea East | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour) | Southampton Test | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-09-12/debates/38BE803E-E4F5-4451-9985-C25620B84CE2/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 10 October 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Rory Stewart MP (Conservative) | Penrith and The Border | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative) | Suffolk Coastal | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-10/debates/EB0D2E3F-3694-41D7-8D82-EA8476767191/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 25 October 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Zac Goldsmith MP (Conservative) | Richmond Park | → |colspan=3| ''Vacant'' | Resignation of member from Parliament<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Rowena |last2=Topham |first2=Gwyn |title=Zac Goldsmith quits as MP over 'doomed' Heathrow expansion decision |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/25/zac-goldsmith-quits-as-mp-over-doomed-heathrow-expansion-decision |access-date=29 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=26 October 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | 31 October 2016 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jo Churchill MP (Conservative) | Bury St Edmunds | rowspan=2 | → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-31/debates/FACA5BE1-1594-4C21-9C5C-35B154AFE157/COMMITTEES Hansard] |- | Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative) | Taunton Deane | Matthew Offord MP (Conservative) | Hendon |- | 28 November 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Alan Whitehead MP (Labour) | Southampton Test | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Gavin Shuker MP (Labour and Co-op) | Luton South | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-28/debates/F619A586-4FC6-4207-90B5-A95F94A2FCD1/Committees Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 19 December 2016 | colspan=3 | ''Vacant'' | rowspan=2 | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Scott Mann MP (Conservative) | North Cornwall | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-12-19/debates/53221542-1AE0-4046-AD64-AA90A0347846/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Margaret Greenwood MP (Labour) | Wirral West | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joan Ryan MP (Labour) | Enfield North |}
==2010-2015 Parliament== The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 26 July 2010.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Environmental Audit |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-07-26/debates/10072645000004/EnvironmentalAudit |house=House of Commons |date=26 July 2010 |volume= 514 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" width="160px" |Member ! valign="top" width="160px" |Party ! valign="top" |Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Joan Walley MP (Chair) |Labour |Stoke-on-Trent North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Peter Aldous MP |Conservative |Waveney |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Richard Benyon MP |Conservative |Newbury |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Neil Carmichael MP |Conservative |Stroud |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Martin Caton MP |Labour |Gower |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Katy Clark MP |Labour |North Ayrshire and Arran |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Ian Murray MP |Labour |Edinburgh South |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Sheryll Murray MP |Conservative |South East Cornwall |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Caroline Nokes MP |Conservative |Romsey and Southampton North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Mark Spencer MP |Conservative |Sherwood |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Dr Alan Whitehead MP |Labour |Southampton Test |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |Simon Wright MP |Liberal Democrats |Norwich South |}
===Changes 2010-2015=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | 5 December 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) | Brighton Kemptown | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Uppal MP (Conservative) | Wolverhampton South West | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111205/debtext/111205-0004.htm#11120537000004 Hansard] |- | 3 December 2012 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative) | South East Cornwall | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Matthew Offord MP (Conservative) | Hendon | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121203/debtext/121203-0004.htm#1212041000006 Hansard] |- | 10 December 2012 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Ian Murray MP (Labour) | Edinburgh South | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Evans MP (Labour and Co-op) | Islwyn | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121210/debtext/121210-0003.htm#12121037000007 Hansard] |- | 11 November 2013 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Uppal MP (Conservative) | Wolverhampton South West | → | colspan=3 | ''Vacant'' | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-11-11/debates/13111214000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 25 November 2013 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Richard Benyon MP (Conservative) | Newbury | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Dan Rogerson MP (Liberal Democrats) | North Cornwall | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-11-25/debates/13112541000002/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 16 December 2013 | colspan=3 | ''Vacant'' | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Caroline Spelman MP (Conservative) | Meriden | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-12-16/debates/1312171000006/EnvironmentalAudit Hansard] |- | 18 March 2014 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Evans MP (Labour Co-op) | Islwyn | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mike Kane MP (Labour) | Wythenshawe and Sale East | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140318/debtext/140318-0004.htm#140318102000001 Hansard] |}
== List of chairs == {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency !Term !Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | John Horam | Conservative | Orpington |12 November 1997 ��� 16 July 2003 |52nd Parliament and 53rd Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Peter Ainsworth | Conservative | East Surrey |16 July 2003 – 14 December 2005 |53rd Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Tim Yeo | Conservative | South Suffolk |15 December 2005 – 6 May 2010 |54th Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joan Walley | Labour | Stoke-on-Trent North |10 June 2010 – 30 March 2015 |55th Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Huw Irranca-Davies | Labour | Ogmore |18 June 2015 – 25 January 2016 |56th Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Creagh | Labour | Wakefield |10 February 2016 – 6 November 2019 |56th Parliament and 57th Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Philip Dunne | Conservative | Ludlow |29 January 2020 – 30 May 2024 |58th Parliament |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Toby Perkins | Labour | Chesterfield |11 September 2024 – present |59th Parliament |}
==See also== *Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_DG Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives] *[http://www.parliament.uk/eacom Environmental Audit Select Committee home page]
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