Environmental Audit Committee
Welcome to the Environmental Audit Committee's website.
The Committee considers to what extent the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development. It audits their performance against such targets as may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers and reports thereon to the House.
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) was first established in November 1997 reflecting a manifesto commitment on the part of the incoming Labour Government. The proposal for a single committee to look at the environmental impact of all Government departments can be traced back through the 1994 Labour party policy document In Trust for Tomorrow to a submission to the Procedure Committee from Friends of the Earth in 1990.
More about the Committee | Attending a meeting |
Evidence | Note on submission of written evidence |
Formal Minutes | Register of Members' Interests |
EAC Priority for this Parliament - Climate Change
Recent News | Current Inquiries | Recently Completed Inquiries
Recent News
The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change - Publication of report
EU CARBON MARKET FAILING TO DELIVER VITAL GREEN INVESTMENT – MPs WARN
UK Financial Investments - Oral evidence session announced and call for written evidence
Air Quality - Oral evidence session announced
Westminster Hall Debate on Carbon capture and storage - Thursday 28 January 2010
Watch the debate at Parliamentlive.tv
Read the transcript of the debate in Hansard
Carbon budgets - Report published
"UK efforts to cut climate change will be ‘meaningless’ unless we get global climate deal – new report by MPs"
Green Jobs and Skills - Report published
"Boost Green Jobs MPs Urge Government"
The work of the Committee in 2008-09 - Report published
Current Inquiries
Click on the following links to reach the relevant inquiry home page. These home pages have links to all further information available on the inquiry, including Terms of Reference, any evidence received and forthcoming Evidence Sessions as they are announced.
Main Committee:
Air Quality
Adapting to Climate Change
Green Jobs and Skills
Carbon BudgetsThe role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
Sub-Committee:
There are no Sub-Committee current inquiries. The Sub-Committee Environmental Labelling report was published on 23 March.
Recently Completed Inquiries
All of these publications are available electronically in our Reports and Publications section (N.B. The first volume of each report is the text of the report itself. Any further volumes contain oral and written evidence). Click on the links below to go to the Report.
Greening Government (5 August 2009)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests (29 June 2009)
Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping (1 June 2009)
Pre-Budget Report 2008 (16 March 2009)
Environmental Labelling (23 March 2009)
