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Environmental Audit Committee
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We're a cross-party group of @houseofcommons.parliament.uk MPs who check the Government's work on environmental protection and sustainability. See what we're working on 👇
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NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Air pollution will be the subject of our new inquiry, following a winning pitch from @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social in our Environment in Focus competition.

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Our environment in focus session hearing pitches on different environmental topics has started.

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · 19d
What will be our next inquiry?

Tomorrow at 2.30pm for our environment in focus session, we're hearing five pitches on different topics as we conclude our call for ideas from the public, campaigners and academic experts.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25898/...
Environmental Audit Committee. Evidence session. The environment in focus. Photo shows a see-through glass orb with a focus on a path through a green woodland.
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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What will be our next inquiry?

Tomorrow at 2.30pm for our environment in focus session, we're hearing five pitches on different topics as we conclude our call for ideas from the public, campaigners and academic experts.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25898/...
Environmental Audit Committee. Evidence session. The environment in focus. Photo shows a see-through glass orb with a focus on a path through a green woodland.
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Our session on addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) has started.

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · 26d
Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're examining the potential risks of PFAS chemicals contaminating water and soil and whether enough is being done in the UK to fully understand the risks. We'll be hearing from experts on water, agriculture and health.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25763/...
Environmental Audit Committee. Evidence session. Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. Photo show a variety of food and drink packaging that uses PFAS chemicals.
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Yesterday we asked @ed-miliband.bsky.social, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his leadership and the Government's leadership has been damaged by the UK's decision to not provide finance to protect tropical forests.
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're examining the potential risks of PFAS chemicals contaminating water and soil and whether enough is being done in the UK to fully understand the risks. We'll be hearing from experts on water, agriculture and health.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25763/...
Environmental Audit Committee. Evidence session. Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. Photo show a variety of food and drink packaging that uses PFAS chemicals.
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Our session questioning @edmilibandmp.bsky.social, the Secretary of State for @energygovuk after his attendance at the International Climate Negotiations at COP30 in Brazil has started.

Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/g1zYOkT...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · Dec 5
On Monday at 3pm we're questioning @edmilibandmp.bsky.social, Secretary of State for DESNZ to seek updates on the Government's commitment to climate action after he led the UK's delegation at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25762/...
Evidence session, International Climate Negotiations: COP30, Environmental Audit Committee. Photo shows the Amazon rainforest in Brazil with the Amazon river running through the centre of the picture.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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On Monday at 3pm we're questioning @edmilibandmp.bsky.social, Secretary of State for DESNZ to seek updates on the Government's commitment to climate action after he led the UK's delegation at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25762/...
Evidence session, International Climate Negotiations: COP30, Environmental Audit Committee. Photo shows the Amazon rainforest in Brazil with the Amazon river running through the centre of the picture.
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social responds to this week's budget 👇

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Image of MP Toby Perkins on a green background with text reading: budget reaction from the chair Toby perkins MP.
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Nature is not the blocker to 1.5 million homes, instead it’s a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods.

Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️

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November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Our session on the Seventh Carbon Budget has started.
Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · Nov 11
Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're exploring the Climate Change Committee's advice for the carbon budget for the Seventh Carbon Budget, the progress the UK has made so far and what steps are needed to ensure emissions targets are met.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25543/...
Evidence session, The Seventh Carbon Budget, Environmental Audit Committee. Photo shows an expanse of countryside, green fields with fencing to the right and a blue sky with passing white clouds.
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're exploring the Climate Change Committee's advice for the carbon budget for the Seventh Carbon Budget, the progress the UK has made so far and what steps are needed to ensure emissions targets are met.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/event/25543/...
Evidence session, The Seventh Carbon Budget, Environmental Audit Committee. Photo shows an expanse of countryside, green fields with fencing to the right and a blue sky with passing white clouds.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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We’ve published our report on airport expansion and climate and nature targets.

Read it here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Our Chair, Toby Perkins MP, welcomes the Government’s New Carbon Budget Delivery Plan 👇
Image of MP toby perkins on a green background with text reading: “A key question is how this plan will make a solid contribution to reducing emissions on home soil, without outsourcing the problem to other countries. Reducing emissions in highly-polluting sectors must not result in those industries being shuttered completely and the emissions simply outsourced abroad. The Government’s plans need to rest on solid foundations and meaningful commitments.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Our session on International Climate Negotiations:COP30 has started.

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · Oct 21
Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're exploring what the UK should be looking to achieve at next months Climate Change Negotiations. We'll be hearing from Ambassador to the UK, Antônio de Aguiar Patriota and Nigel Topping, Chair of the Climate Change Committee.

➡️ committees.parliament.uk/event/25258/...
Evidence Session, International Climate Negotiations: COP30 Environmental Audit Committee. Photo is of an aerial view of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, a dense forest with a river running through it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Tomorrow at 2.30pm we're exploring what the UK should be looking to achieve at next months Climate Change Negotiations. We'll be hearing from Ambassador to the UK, Antônio de Aguiar Patriota and Nigel Topping, Chair of the Climate Change Committee.

➡️ committees.parliament.uk/event/25258/...
Evidence Session, International Climate Negotiations: COP30 Environmental Audit Committee. Photo is of an aerial view of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, a dense forest with a river running through it.
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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We've published our report on flood resilience in England.

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Image of flooded fields with text reading: 6.3 million properties are at risk of flooding in the UK, but awareness of the risks is dangerously low. Environmental audit committee
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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We joined @rewildingbritain.org.uk on a visit to Sussex to explore how their nature-led solutions are supporting carbon capture, coastal resilience & rural economies👇
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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The best way to get people to understand rewilding? Show them it in action 🎬

Last week, members of the Rewilding Britain Influence team took six Environmental Audit Committee members (MPs) and two of their specialist team out in the field to experience rewilding first hand.
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A group of eleven people (the Environmental Audit Committee) standing on a pebbly beach in front of Brighton Pier, smiling at the camera on a cloudy day. Two people hold beach treasures: one holds a white cuttlebone and seaweed, and the other holds a shell above a pebbled beach. A group of people attentively listening to a guide holding a wooden stick, surrounded by lush greenery at the Knepp Castle Estate in Sussex. Tree trunk with visible marks of beaver gnawing, located by a pond. Surrounding foliage is visible in the foreground.
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Our new inquiry will examine the @thecccuk.bsky.social's advice on the UK’s next carbon budget.

We’ll be looking its modelling, technology choices and costs, as well as how it’ll engage the public and support behaviour change.

Share your views 👇

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Image of solar panels and wind turbines with a green tint, overlayed with text reading: the seventh carbon budget. Underneath is text 'environmental audit committee' alongside a portcullis
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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We asked Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of @thecccuk.bsky.social, for her response to accusations of ‘inaccurate costings’ from then Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho 👇
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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We’ve published the Government’s response to our report on the UK and the Antarctic environment.

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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How should so-called 'forever chemicals' be regulated?

Yesterday, we considered what affects these chemicals have on the environment and human health, and whether UK regulation goes far enough.

You can watch the session back here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Image of food packaging with text reading: Evidence session. Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
September 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The Government has rejected our call for an outright bottom trawling ban despite its pledge.

Read Defra's response to our report on governing the marine environment here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
commonseac.parliament.uk Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · Jun 5
The Environmental Audit Committee has published their report: Governing the marine environment. The Committee is calling on the Government to ban damaging activities in offshore protected areas that threaten marine ecosystems.

Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM