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Environmental Audit Committee

Commons Select Committee

Welcome to the Environmental Audit Committee's website. The Committee's 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. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsEAC.

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please visit committees before 2020, inquiries before 2020 or publications before 2020.

9 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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Electronic Waste and the Circular Economy
Report:
Published
On 26 November 2020
Opened 13 March 2020
Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Hydrogen
Opened 7 May 2020
Greening the post-Covid recovery
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 3 December 2020
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 3 December 2020
Opened 13 May 2020
Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 2 December 2020
Opened 18 May 2020
Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 9 December 2020
Opened 13 July 2020
Fixing fashion: follow up
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 16 December 2020
Opened 6 October 2020
Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Heat Pumps
Opened 12 October 2020
Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Tidal Power
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 18 December 2020
Opened 9 November 2020
Green Jobs
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 15 January 2021
Opened 17 November 2020

Non-inquiry work

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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EAC to scrutinise ambitions outlined in Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy
The Environmental Audit Committee will hold its third and final evidence session as part of the Greening the post-covid recovery inquiry.
30 November 2020
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Boohoo Chairman to give evidence to EAC as MPs revisit fashion sustainability
Environmental Audit Committee announces evidence session with Boohoo Group’s Executive Chairman, Mahmud Kamani, on Wednesday 16 December
27 November 2020
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EAC hears from Ministers on energy efficiency of existing homes
Environmental Audit Committee hears from Ministers from three Government departments in Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes inquiry
26 November 2020

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
2 December 2020 - 2pm to 4pm
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
3 December 2020 - 9am to 11:30am
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
9 December 2020 - 2pm to 4pm
Virtual
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
16 December 2020 - 2pm to 4pm
Virtual

Latest publications

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Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, 19.11.2020
Inquiry Green Jobs
Committees Environmental Audit Committee
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Correspondence
Correspondence from the Office for National Statistics relating to Sustainable Development Goals, 17.11.2020
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Correspondence
First Report - Electronic Waste and the Circular Economy
Inquiry Electronic Waste and the Circular Economy
Committees Environmental Audit Committee
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Contact us

  • Email: eacom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General Enquiries) 020 7219 8890 / (Media Enquiries) 020 7219 1034