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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

Climate change adaptation inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 8 July 2014 to 9 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 5 November 2014: Martin Budd, Environment and Climate Change Strategic Adviser, Kingston upon Hull City Council, Kristen Guida, Director, Climate South East, Climate UK, Alex Nickson, Deputy Chair, Local Adaptation Advisory Panel, and Paul Crick, Director of Environment Planning and Enforcement, Kent County Council.
  • 26 November 2014: Paul Leinster, CE, Environment Agency, Pete Fox, Environment Agency, Tony Grayling, Environment Agency,Dr Ceris Jones, National Farmers Union, Dr Mike Morecroft, Natural England, and Sarah Mukherjee, Water UK.
  • 10 December 2014: John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs, Home Builders' Federation, Professor Paul Cosford, Director for Health Protection and Medical Director, Public Health England, Dr Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association, and Paul Everall, Chief Executive and Company secretary, Local Authority Building Control.
  • 7 January 2015: Tony Glover, Director of Policy, Energy Networks Association, Professor Jim Hall, Director, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, and Director, Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium, Allen Creedy, Chair, Energy, Water and Environment Policy Unit, Federation of Small Businesses, John Dora, Chair, Infrastructure Operators' Adaption Forum, and Brian Smith, Member, Expert Panel on Review of the Resilience of the the Transport Network to Extreme Weather Events.
  • 21 January 2015: Lord Krebs, Chair, Adaptation Sub-Committee, Committee on Climate Change, Matthew Bell, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change, and Daniel Johns, Head of Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change.
  • 4 February 2015: Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy, Cabinet Office, Dan Rogerson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, Department for Communities and Local Government, Bob Ledsome, Head of Building Regulations and Standards Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Rob Hitchen, Team Leader, UK Climate Change Adaptation Policy, Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)