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Invasive Species inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 3 April 2019 to 3 April 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 21 May 2019: Professor Helen Roy MBE, Ecologist, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dr Paul Walton, Chair of the Invasive Non Native Species Group, Wildlife and Countryside Link and Head of Species and Habitats for RSPB Scotland, Kathryn Brown, Head of Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change Adaptation Sub-Committee, Dr Peter Robertson, Professor of Practice - Wildlife Management, University of NewcastleProfessor Chris Thomas FRS, Director of the transdisciplinary Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York, Dr Wayne Dawson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences, University of Durham, Professor Elizabeth Cottier-Cook, Marine Biologist, University of the Highlands and Islands and Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Dr Alison Dunn, Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, University of Leeds
  • 11 June 2019: Catherine Wensink, Executive Director, UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, Jonathan Hall, Head of UK Overseas Territories, RSPB, Dr Kevin Hughes, Environmental Research and Monitoring Manager, British Antarctic Survey, Dr Mark Belchier, Director of Fisheries and Environment, Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich IslandsDr David Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Aquatic Biology, Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Rob Quest, Assistant Director (Animal Health and Welfare), City of London Corporation, Dr Tracey King, Assistant Chief Executive, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association
  • 25 June 2019: Dr Emily Smith, Environment Manager, Angling Trust, Richard Atkinson, Waterways and Environment Policy Officer, British Canoeing, Kate Hills, Biosecurity and Invasives Manager, South West Water, Phil Brewin, Senior Environmental Officer, Somerset Consortium of Internal Drainage Boards representing the Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA)Kevin Austin, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment, Environment Agency, Richard Shaw, Country Director, Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), Sara Redstone, Plant Health Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Dr Anna Brown, Head of Tree Health and Contingency, Forestry Commission
  • 9 July 2019: Lord Gardiner, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, Professor Nicola Spence, Chief Plant Health Officer, and Dr Niall Moore, Chief Non-Native Species Officer, Defra.