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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

Nitrates inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 5 December 2017 to 24 January 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 28 February 2018: Professor David Reay, Chair in Carbon Management, University of Edinburgh, Professor Robert Ward, Director of Science, British Geological Survey, Professor Helen Jarvie, Principal Scientist Hydrochemistry, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and Professor Penny Johnes, Professor of Biogeochemistry, University of Bristol; David Johnson, Director of the Rivers Trust, representing Wildlife and Countryside link, and Will Andrews Tipper, Head of Natural Environment, Green Alliance (at 3.00pm).
  • 6 March 2018: Dr Lucinda Gilfoyle, Head of Catchment and Coastal Strategy, Anglian Water, Paul Stanfield, Catchment Delivery Manager, Wessex Water, and Mark Morton, Senior Hydrogeologist, Yorkshire Water Services Ltd; Paul Cottington, Environment and Land Use Adviser, SW National Farmers Union, Aileen Lawson, Senior Policy Officer Ulster Farmers Union, Fraser McAuley, Land Use Policy Adviser, CLA, Jane Salter, Head of Environment Policy, Agricultural Industries Confederation, and Helen Browning, Chief executive, Soil Association (at 11.15am).
  • 21 March 2018: George Eustice MP, Minister of State, DEFRA, and Helen Wakeham, Deputy Director of water quality, groundwater and land contamination, Environment Agency.