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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

The Changing Arctic inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 15 February 2018 to 16 March 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 3 July 2018: Professor Sheldon Bacon, Head of Marine Physics and Ocean Climate group, National Oceanography Centre, Professor Martin Siegert, Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change & Environment, Imperial College London, Professor Mark Inall, Director of Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Professor James Ford, Research Chair and Professor at the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of LeedsProfessor Eric Wolff, Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University, Royal Society, Dr Rod Downie, Head of Polar Programmes, WWF, Dr Richard Wood, Climate, Cryosphere and Oceans group, Met Office Hadley Centre, Dr Alexandra Middleton, Assistant Professor, University of Oulu
  • 11 July 2018: Henry Burgess, Head of the Arctic Office, British Antarctic Survey, Professor Duncan Wingham, NERC Executive Chair, Natural Environment Research Council, Richard Powell, University Lecturer and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge; Edda Falk, Communications Manager, Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators, Michael Kingston, Lawyer, Specialist Advisor to the Arctic Council, Advisor to Lloyd’s of London, Dr Dmitry Yumashev, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University Management School
  • 19 July 2018: Sir Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for the Polar Region, and Jane Rumble, Head of Polar Regions, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Minister of State for the Environment, and Dominic Pattinson, Head of International Marine Policy, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.