Committees

EU Environment Sub-Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Sub-Committee examines EU policy on agriculture, energy, climate change, the environment, food, fisheries, biosecurity and public health. It also considers the environmental aspects of the UK-EU level playing field.

This Committee is a Sub-Committee of the European Union Select Committee

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4 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit
Opened 16 January 2020
Environment and the Level Playing Field
Opened 27 May 2020
Agrifood and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Opened 27 May 2020
Future UK-EU relations: energy, environment and health
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 5 February 2021
Opened 11 January 2021

Non-inquiry work

European scrutiny
European scrutiny focuses on the implications for the UK of proposed EU laws and policies.
Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Future UK-EU relations: energy, environment and health call for evidence
EU Environment Sub-Committee launch inquiry on future UK-EU relations
11 January 2021
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Be a leader in global nature conservation, Government urged
The Chair of the EU Select Committee writes to the Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister for Pacific and the Environment, raising concerns about reduced funding for the Bern Convention.
30 November 2020
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Progress urged so pharmaceutical grace period is not wasted
The Committee writes again to the Minister regarding pharmaceuticals and NI after 1 January 2021
26 November 2020

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
20 January 2021 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual meeting (webcast)
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
27 January 2021 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual meeting (webcast)

Latest publications

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Letter from Lord Teverson, the chair of the EU Environment Sub-Committee to George Eustice, the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, dated 16 December 2020
Work UK-EU agri-food trade (Non-inquiry session)
Committees EU Environment Sub-Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from Lord Kinnoull, the chair of the EU Committee to Victoria Prentis MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, dated 9 December 2020
Work UK-EU-Norway fishing agreement (European scrutiny)
Committees EU Environment Sub-Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from Victoria Prentis MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to Lord Kinnoull, the chair of the EU Committee, dated 24 November 2020
Work UK-EU-Norway fishing agreement (European scrutiny)
Committees EU Environment Sub-Committee
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Correspondence

Useful information

Correspondence with Ministers

Contact us

  • Email: ayresl@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6798 (committee staff) | 020 7219 0697 (Press Officer)
  • Address: EU Environment Sub-Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW