Methane

Inquiry by the Environment and Climate Change Committee, 6 March 2024 to 13 May 2025. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

1st Report - Methane: keep up the momentum (10 December 2024)
Government Response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'Methane: keep up the momentum' (12 February 2025)

Evidence sessions

13 March 2024: Professor Myles Allen, University of Oxford; Professor Piers Forster, Climate Change Committee; Dr Fiona O'Connor, Met Office; Professor Dave Reay, Edinburgh University; Louise Burrows, Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
20 March 2024: Professor Matt Rigby, University of Bristol; Professor Grant Allen, University of Manchester; Dan Wicks, GHGSAT; Glen Thistlethwaite, Ricardo Group
27 March 2024: William Maxwell, South Oxfordshire District Council; Professor Sandra Esteves, University of South Wales; Paul Thompson, The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology; Mr Jacob Hayler, Environmental Services Association; Claire Shrewsbury, WRAP
17 April 2024: Dr Rebecca Fisher, Royal Holloway University of London; Professor David Frame, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Professor John Gilliland OBE, Agriculture Horticulture Development Board (AHDB); Mr Phil Bicknell, Agri-Tech Centre
24 April 2024: Kevin Austin, Environment Agency; Steve Molyneux, Environment Agency
24 April 2024: Martin Lines, Nature Friendly Farming Network; Tom Bradshaw, National Farmers Union (NFU)
1 May 2024: Tom Wheeler, North Sea Transition Authority
1 May 2024: Rebecca Tremain, Clean Air Task Force; Dave Whitehouse, Offshore Energies UK
8 May 2024: Steven Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund; Dr Liam Hardy, Green Alliance; Kim O'Dowd, Environmental Investigation Agency
15 May 2024: Justin Tomlinson MP, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Paul Monks, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Robbie Moore, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Karen Lepper, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs