Committee

Environmental Audit Committee

Select committee Commons

What it does

Our remit is to consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against sustainable development and environmental protection targets.
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Members

Mr Toby Perkins MP Labour Chair
Adrian Ramsay MP Green Party Member
Alison Griffiths MP Conservative Member
Barry Gardiner MP Labour Member
Blake Stephenson MP Conservative Member
Chris Hinchliff MP Labour Member
Dr Roz Savage MP Liberal Democrat Member
John Whitby MP Labour Member
Jonathan Davies MP Labour Member
Julia Buckley MP Labour Member
Manuela Perteghella MP Liberal Democrat Member
Martin Rhodes MP Labour Member
Olivia Blake MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Sammy Wilson MP Democratic Unionist Party Member
Sarah Gibson MP Liberal Democrat Member
Sojan Joseph MP Labour Member

Recent outputs

Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating the Government's response to the committees report on Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), 16 July 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State Environment, Food & Rural Affairs in response to the committees letter relating to Extreme Weather: heat, 14 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Under Secretary of State for Nature relating to the National Security Assessment on global biodiversity loss, 14 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State Environment, Food & Rural Affairs relating to the recruitment of the Chair for Natural England, 7 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Under Secretary of State for Nature relating to the National security assessment on global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, 15 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating the Government's response to the committees report on Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), 8 July 8 Jul 2026
Special Report 2nd Special Report - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Government Response 6 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to essential criteria for the appointment of Environment Agency Chair, 2 July 2026 2 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Under Secretary of State for Water and Flooding responding to the Chair's letter relating to bottom trawling, 29 June 1 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Under Secretary of State for Nature relating to heather and grass burning regulations, 19 June 2026 1 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter from the from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement, 18 June 2026 1 Jul 2026
Correspondence Letter to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to Extreme weather: heat, 26 June 26 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Minister of Climate relating to The Seventh Carbon Budget, 22 June 23 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to the recruitment of the new Chair of the Environment Agency, 9 June 2026 18 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature relating to the National Security Assessment on global biodiversity loss, 17 June 2026 17 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from The Minister for Industry from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business and Trade relating to the publication of the Government’s response to the consultation on growing the market for low carbon industrial products, 27 May 11 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security & Net Zero relating to the Government’s response to the Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget Report, 2 June 11 Jun 2026
Special Report 1st Special Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget: Government Response 11 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to bottom trawling, 9 June 9 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State relating to an update on preparations for a future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the European Union, 28 May 4 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to her appearance in front of the committee for the hearing on the environmental protection policies of Defra, 1 May 21 May 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Minister of Climate relating to The Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026, 17 April 20 May 2026
Attendance statistics Environmental Audit Committee attendance for Session 2024–26 20 May 2026
Report 10th Report - Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair-designate of the Office for Environmental Protection 29 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to correspondence from the committee in response to evidence provided by National Highways and subsequent letters, 22 April 24 Apr 2026
Report 9th Report - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 23 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade relating to a consultation on The fire safety of Domestic Upholstered Furniture, 31 March 15 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs relating to Lighthouse Green Fuels, 9 April 15 Apr 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Minster of State for International Development and Africa relating to the publication of FCDO’s Multi-Year ODA Allocations (2026/27- 2028/29), 19 March 25 Mar 2026
Correspondence Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to her appearance in front of the committee on 10 March 2026, 18 March 19 Mar 2026

Source: the official committee page.