Committee

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Departmental select committee Commons Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

What it does

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and its public bodies, including Ofgem and the Committee on Climate change.
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Members

Bill Esterson MP Labour Chair
Bradley Thomas MP Conservative Member
Claire Young MP Liberal Democrat Member
Graeme Downie MP Labour Member
Lizzi Collinge MP Labour Member
Melanie Onn MP Labour Member
Mike Reader MP Labour Member
Ms Polly Billington MP Labour Member
Sir Christopher Chope MP Conservative Member
Torcuil Crichton MP Labour Member
Wera Hobhouse MP Liberal Democrat Member

Recent outputs

Correspondence Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State relating to the Defence Investment Plan, dated 3 July 2026 3 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from David Whitehouse, Chief Executive, Offshore Energies UK relating to follow-up from Energy resilience oral evidence session on 25 March, dated 5 June 2026 17 Jun 2026
Report 1st Report - Get connected: How community energy can turbocharge the transition 17 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Chris Few relating to written evidence for energy resilience session on 3 June, dated 22 May 2026 3 Jun 2026
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2024–26 (Energy Security and Net Zero Committee) 3 Jun 2026
Estimate memoranda UKAEA Pension Schemes Main Estimate Memorandum 2026-27 29 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Main Estimate Memorandum 2026-27 29 Apr 2026
Estimate memoranda Ofgem Main Estimate Memorandum 2026-27 29 Apr 2026
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2024-26 29 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister of State for Energy relating to follow-up from Energy resilience oral evidence session, dated 17 April 2026 22 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the progress of the Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) small modular reactor (SMR) programme, dated 13 April 2026 22 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to the nuclear third party liability insurance market, dated 26 March 2026 15 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from UKIFDA relating to heating oil, dated 23 March 2026 25 Mar 2026
Special Report 6th Special Report - Tackling the energy cost crisis: Ofgem Response 19 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Kulraj Roewal relating to the one-off Warm Homes Plan oral evidence session on 11 March 2026, dated 28 February 2026 11 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero oral evidence session on 11 February 2026, dated 27 February 2026 11 Mar 2026
Special Report 5th Special Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy: Government Response 27 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda Ofgem Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 11 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda UKAEA Pension Schemes Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-6 11 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 11 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 Table 11 Feb 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to follow-up evidence in response to a question raised during the oral evidence session on 21 July 2025, dated 20 January 2026 28 Jan 2026
Special Report 4th Special Report – Tackling the energy cost crisis: Government Response 21 Jan 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Energy relating to the sale of the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery site and its assets, dated 5 January 2026 14 Jan 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to new nuclear in Torness, dated 28 November 2025 10 Dec 2025
Report 6th Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy 5 Dec 2025
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Industry relating to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), dated 26 November 2025 3 Dec 2025
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Energy Consumers relating to the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2025, dated 25 November 2025 3 Dec 2025
Correspondence Correspondence from Ofgem relating debt relief, dated 18 November 2025 3 Dec 2025
Correspondence Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to Sizewell C Revenue Commencement, dated 11 November 2005 3 Dec 2025

Source: the official committee page.