Environmental Audit Committee
Commons select committee, since 12 November 1997. Its page on the Parliament website.
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.
Inquiries
- Prospects for UNFCCC COP31 (21 October 2026 to 28 October 2026)
- Climate adaptation (8 September 2026)
- Tony Juniper CBE and Marian Spain: Valedictory (24 August 2026)
- Progress on climate change mitigation (24 August 2026)
- Carbon Budget Seven follow-up (10 June 2026)
- Extreme weather: heat (26 May 2026)
- National security assessment and COP-17 (13 May 2026)
- HM Treasury and the economics of climate and nature (17 April 2026)
- Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK (27 February 2026)
- Environmental protection policies of DEFRA (26 February 2026)
- Ancient woodlands (26 February 2026 to 28 February 2026)
- Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts (23 February 2026)
- Office for Environmental Protection Annual Evidence session (20 January 2026)
- Air Pollution in England (20 January 2026)
- Revised Environmental Improvement Plan (12 January 2026)
- International Climate Negotiations: COP30 (15 October 2025)
- The Seventh Carbon Budget (23 September 2025 to 30 June 2026)
- Progress on climate change mitigation and adaptation (9 September 2025)
- The Environment in Focus (5 September 2025 to 1 January 2026)
- National Highways and environmental sustainability (27 August 2025)
- Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (10 April 2025 to 31 July 2026)
- Proposals for the Seventh Carbon Budget (2 April 2025)
- Airport expansion and climate and nature targets (28 March 2025 to 19 January 2026)
- The environmental protection policies of DEFRA (18 March 2025)
- The work of the Office for Environmental Protection (14 February 2025)
- Outcomes of UNFCCC COP29 (22 January 2025)
- Governing the marine environment (16 December 2024 to 31 October 2025)
- Flood resilience in England (10 December 2024 to 31 December 2025)
- The UK and the Antarctic environment [revived] (5 December 2024 to 30 September 2025)
- Delivering the Government’s climate targets (20 November 2024)
- Environmental sustainability and housing growth (18 November 2024 to 31 March 2026)
- National Planning Policy Framework reforms and the environment (14 November 2024)
- The role of natural capital in the green economy [revived] (13 November 2024 to 31 July 2025)
- Water quality and water infrastructure: follow-up (23 April 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- Sustainability of the fashion sector: follow up (22 April 2024 to 23 May 2024)
- The environmental protection work of the Environment Agency (16 April 2024 to 29 April 2024)
- Electronic waste and the circular economy: follow-up (25 March 2024 to 15 May 2024)
- Climate change and security (18 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- The work of the Office for Environmental Protection (8 February 2024 to 21 February 2024)
- Outcomes of UNFCCC COP28 (23 January 2024 to 7 March 2024)
- Prospects for UNFCCC COP28 (1 November 2023 to 19 December 2023)
- Small modular reactors in the transition from fossil fuels (19 October 2023 to 3 May 2024)
- The environmental sustainability of the Department for Education (14 September 2023 to 16 January 2024)
- The role of natural capital in the green economy (31 July 2023 to 22 May 2024)
- Heat resilience and sustainable cooling (3 July 2023 to 22 May 2024)
- Outdoor and indoor air quality targets (10 May 2023 to 11 September 2023)
- Enabling sustainable electrification of the UK economy (4 May 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- Environmental compliance and enforcement (23 January 2023 to 15 February 2024)
- Environmental change and food security (10 November 2022 to 21 March 2024)
- Technological innovations and climate change: onshore solar energy (3 November 2022 to 1 November 2023)
- Progress in implementing UK REACH (1 November 2022 to 15 February 2024)
- Sustainable timber and deforestation (25 July 2022 to 9 May 2024)
- Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Environment Agency (27 June 2022 to 26 January 2023)
- The environmental protection policies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 June 2022 to 15 February 2024)
- Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Geothermal Technologies (16 June 2022 to 26 January 2023)
- The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition (30 May 2022 to 23 May 2024)
- Preparations for UNFCCC COP27 (17 May 2022 to 26 January 2023)
- Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies (31 March 2022 to 1 November 2023)
- Work of the Office for Environmental Protection (14 March 2022 to 26 January 2023)
- Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Green Steel (3 February 2022 to 21 June 2023)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (23)
- Climate Change Committee (17)
- Green Alliance (13)
- University of Oxford (12)
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (11)
- Environment Agency (10)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (7)
- Natural England (7)
- HM Treasury (6)
- National Farmers Union (NFU) (6)
- Office for Environmental Protection (6)
- University of Cambridge (6)
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (5)
- The Woodland Trust (5)
- University College London (5)