Commons Select Committee

Environmental Audit Committee

Chair: Mr Toby Perkins

Our remit is to consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against sustainable development and environmental protection targets.

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Current Members (16)

Active Inquiries (25)

Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK

ActiveOpened 27 Feb 2026

Ancient woodlands

ActiveOpened 26 Feb 2026

Environmental protection policies of DEFRA

ActiveOpened 26 Feb 2026

Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts

ActiveOpened 23 Feb 2026

Office for Environmental Protection Annual Evidence session

ActiveOpened 20 Jan 2026

Air Pollution in England

ActiveOpened 20 Jan 2026

Revised Environmental Improvement Plan

ActiveOpened 12 Jan 2026

International Climate Negotiations: COP30

ActiveOpened 15 Oct 2025

The Seventh Carbon Budget

ActiveOpened 23 Sept 2025

Progress on climate change mitigation and adaptation

ActiveOpened 9 Sept 2025

The Environment in Focus

ActiveOpened 5 Sept 2025

National Highways and environmental sustainability

ActiveOpened 27 Aug 2025

Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

ActiveOpened 10 Apr 2025

Proposals for the Seventh Carbon Budget

ActiveOpened 2 Apr 2025

Airport expansion and climate and nature targets

ActiveOpened 28 Mar 2025

The environmental protection policies of DEFRA

ActiveOpened 18 Mar 2025

The work of the Office for Environmental Protection

ActiveOpened 14 Feb 2025

Outcomes of UNFCCC COP29

ActiveOpened 22 Jan 2025

Governing the marine environment

ActiveOpened 16 Dec 2024

Flood resilience in England

ActiveOpened 10 Dec 2024

The UK and the Antarctic environment [revived]

ActiveOpened 5 Dec 2024

Delivering the Government’s climate targets

ActiveOpened 20 Nov 2024

Environmental sustainability and housing growth

ActiveOpened 18 Nov 2024

National Planning Policy Framework reforms and the environment

ActiveOpened 14 Nov 2024

The role of natural capital in the green economy [revived]

ActiveOpened 13 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Letter from the Minster of State for International Development and Africa relating to the publication of FCDO’s Multi-Year ODA Allocations (2026/27- 2028/29), 19 March

Correspondence

25 Mar 2026

Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to her appearance in front of the committee on 10 March 2026, 18 March

CorrespondenceEnvironmental protection policies of DEFRA

19 Mar 2026

Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to flooding and the National Planning Policy Framework, 19 March

CorrespondenceFlood resilience in England

19 Mar 2026

Members' attendance 2024–26 (Environmental Audit Committee), as at 13 February 2026

Attendance statistics

19 Mar 2026

Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to updates to the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, 9 March 2026

Correspondence

18 Mar 2026

8th Special Report - Environmental sustainability and housing growth: Government Response

Special ReportEnvironmental sustainability and housing growth

13 Mar 2026

HC 1785

Letter from Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport relating to the government’s response to the committee Airport expansion and climate and nature targets, 24 February

CorrespondenceAirport expansion and climate and nature targets

11 Mar 2026

HC 1600

Letter from Town and Country Planning Association relating to planning for flood risk and the current consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework, 25 February

CorrespondenceFlood resilience in England

11 Mar 2026

HC 550

Letter from Margaret Mullane MP relating to the management of legacy land fill Parliamentary POST note, 29 January 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning relating to the government response to the committee following the publication of the Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth report, 4 March 2026

CorrespondenceEnvironmental sustainability and housing growth

11 Mar 2026

HC 439

8th Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget

ReportThe Seventh Carbon Budget

4 Mar 2026

HC 1327

Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in response to the committees letter relating to Data Centres and the Seventh Carbon Budget, 20 February 2026

CorrespondenceRisks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK

27 Feb 2026

HC 1751

Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Environmental sustainability and housing growth, 25 February 2026

CorrespondenceEnvironmental sustainability and housing growth

26 Feb 2026

Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in response to the Environmental Audit Committee, the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee relating to The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) and International Climate Finance (ICF), 12 February 2026

Correspondence

26 Feb 2026

Letter from the Office for Environmental Protection relating to the appointment of a new interim chair. 5 February

Correspondence

11 Feb 2026

Letter to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to data centres and the Carbon Budget, 11 January

CorrespondenceThe Seventh Carbon Budget

11 Feb 2026

Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Nigel Topping CMG, relating to Oral Evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee, 7 January

CorrespondenceThe Seventh Carbon Budget

11 Feb 2026

Letter from the Environmental Audit Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and International Development Committee relating to findings from COP 30, 29 January 2026

CorrespondenceInternational Climate Negotiations: COP30

5 Feb 2026

Letter from the Secretary of State Environment, Food & Rural Affairs relating to the government’s response to the Committee’s report on Flood Resilience in England, 30 January 2026

CorrespondenceFlood resilience in England

5 Feb 2026

Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Nature relating to the appointment of an interim chair for the Office of Environmental Protection

Correspondence

29 Jan 2026

Completed Inquiries (1)

Net zero aviation and shipping

Closed20 Jul 202113 Mar 2025

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