Information between 30th June 2025 - 29th August 2025
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30 Jun 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 4 |
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1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 49 Labour No votes vs 333 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260 |
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1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 42 Labour Aye votes vs 325 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328 |
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8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340 |
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8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346 |
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8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98 |
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8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 47 Labour Aye votes vs 331 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 47 Labour No votes vs 333 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 35 Labour Aye votes vs 333 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 356 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 37 Labour No votes vs 330 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 364 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 54 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Chris Hinchliff voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 334 Noes - 54 |
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Chris Hinchliff speeches from: Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
Chris Hinchliff contributed 2 speeches (695 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
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Chris Hinchliff speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Chris Hinchliff contributed 1 speech (71 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
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Chris Hinchliff speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Chris Hinchliff contributed 1 speech (57 words) Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Marine Recovery Fund and Nature Restoration Fund
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Thursday 3rd July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund proposed by the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the Marine Recovery Fund. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Marine Recovery Fund is being established as a voluntary mechanism to deliver strategic compensation for offshore wind developers.
The Nature Restoration Fund will offer a new way for developers to discharge existing environmental obligations related to protected sites and species, using resources strategically to maximise positive outcomes for nature.
There are currently no plans to combine the two funds. |
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Renewable Energy: Industry
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its proposed exemptions for certain industrial users from (a) Feed-in Tariffs, (b) Renewables Obligation Certificates and (c) the Capacity Market ion levy costs for other industrial, commercial or domestic consumers. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The government is looking to fund this support by bearing down on levies and other costs in the energy system, alongside revenues from the strengthening and expansion of carbon pricing. |
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Personal Independence Payment
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment claimants who use some of their Personal Independence Payment to pay for housing costs. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to provide a financial contribution towards the extra costs faced by disabled people and people with long-term health. Claimants are free to use PIP according to their own needs and priorities. Information on how claimants spend their benefit is published in The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits, and, for a subset in receipt of the Support Group rate of Employment and Support Allowance and its Universal Credit equivalent, in chapter 3.4 of The work aspirations and support needs of claimants in the ESA Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent. |
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Electricity: Prices
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme on electricity bills for non-exempt consumers. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The government is looking to fund this support by bearing down on levies and other costs in the energy system, alongside revenues from the strengthening and expansion of carbon pricing. |
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Catering: Public Sector
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role will organically certified produce have in achieving 50 percent of public sector catering contracts from British producers or those certified to higher environmental standards. Answered by Daniel Zeichner We have published a new national procurement policy statement, which sets out expectations for government contracts to favour products certified to high environmental standards. We are currently considering the policy options available to deliver further on our ambitions for public sector catering, including the role of organic produce. |
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Affordable Housing: Finance
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Monday 14th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of projected additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme that will be allocated to homes for social rent in the next three financial years. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme averages £2.3 billion of grant capital funding per year. The Spending Review 2025 policy paper (which can be found on gov.uk here) makes clear that spending on our new £39 billion, 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme (2026-27 to 2035-36) will reach £4 billion per year in 2029-30 and rise in line with inflation subsequently. As such, government spending on affordable housing investment will have almost doubled by the end of this Parliament. Government does not usually publish year-by-year spend on specific programmes in advance. We will continue to publish past year’s expenditure figures in the department's Annual Report and Accounts. |
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Affordable Housing: Finance
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Monday 14th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the projected percentage increase in nominal funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme averages £2.3 billion of grant capital funding per year. The Spending Review 2025 policy paper (which can be found on gov.uk here) makes clear that spending on our new £39 billion, 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme (2026-27 to 2035-36) will reach £4 billion per year in 2029-30 and rise in line with inflation subsequently. As such, government spending on affordable housing investment will have almost doubled by the end of this Parliament. Government does not usually publish year-by-year spend on specific programmes in advance. We will continue to publish past year’s expenditure figures in the department's Annual Report and Accounts. |
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Affordable Housing: Finance
Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire) Monday 14th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the real-terms percentage change in funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme averages £2.3 billion of grant capital funding per year. The Spending Review 2025 policy paper (which can be found on gov.uk here) makes clear that spending on our new £39 billion, 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme (2026-27 to 2035-36) will reach £4 billion per year in 2029-30 and rise in line with inflation subsequently. As such, government spending on affordable housing investment will have almost doubled by the end of this Parliament. Government does not usually publish year-by-year spend on specific programmes in advance. We will continue to publish past year’s expenditure figures in the department's Annual Report and Accounts. |
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Monday 21st July Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 27 signatures (Most recent: 11 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh) That this House calls for a ban on greyhound racing in the UK; notes with serious concern figures from the animal welfare charity Blue Cross indicating that between 2017 and 2024, over 4,000 greyhounds died or were put to sleep and more than 35,000 injuries were recorded by the racing … |
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Monday 1st September Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Strike action in the Parliamentary Security Department 43 signatures (Most recent: 9 Sep 2025)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington) That this House stands in solidarity with members of the Public and Commercial Services Union employed in the Parliamentary Security Department, presently taking industrial action in a dispute over attacks on their terms and conditions of employment; recognises the vital services these staff play in safeguarding hon. Members and staff … |
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Tuesday 8th July Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Funding for training of professional journalists 25 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford) That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which suggests that the Department has decided to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year; shares the concerns of the National Union of Journalists … |
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Monday 23rd June Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 31 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside) That this House notes the worrying state of prison education, with 82 percent of prison and young offender institutions judged by Ofsted as requiring improvement or inadequate for overall effectiveness of education, skills and work provision; further notes that contracts for the new Prison Education Service (PES) have recently been … |
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Wednesday 14th May Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 Import of goods from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 85 signatures (Most recent: 10 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire) That this House notes that the International Court of Justice has called for all states to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory and to take steps to prevent trade … |
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Wednesday 9th July Chris Hinchliff signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 Government policy on the Hillsborough Law 84 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that … |
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Monday 15th September 2025 2:30 p.m. Home Office Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Home Office (including Topical Questions) Bradley Thomas: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Munira Wilson: What discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on the closure of front counters at police stations. Chris Hinchliff: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's polices of the approval under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 between April and June 2025 of the use of 1,656,930 animals over the next five years. Bayo Alaba: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Susan Murray: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Lee Anderson: What steps she is taking to help prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel illegally. Perran Moon: What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing. Joe Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Peter Dowd: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: What steps her Department is taking to support Ukrainian nationals with their visa applications. Phil Brickell: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jessica Morden: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle crime in city centres. Peter Swallow: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour. Jess Brown-Fuller: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Andrew Ranger: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour. Chris McDonald: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Luke Evans: What steps she is taking to help reduce levels of bureaucracy for front line police officers. Nick Timothy: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Neil Shastri-Hurst: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Ben Goldsborough: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle shoplifting. Andrew Snowden: What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of disapplying the Human Rights Act 1998 to immigration matters. John Cooper: What recent progress she has made on establishing a national inquiry into grooming gangs. Richard Quigley: What assessment she has made of the potential merits of using a UK-based manufacturer to build the Border Force’s replacement cutters and coastal patrol vessels. Edward Leigh: What assessment her Department has made of the reason for the increased number of asylum seekers in hotels on 30 June 2025 compared with the same date in 2024. Josh Newbury: What recent progress her Department has made on increasing international cooperation to help tackle organised immigration crime. Alex Brewer: What steps she is taking to support collaboration between police forces. Louise Haigh: What steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces implement changes in practice following Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel findings. Sureena Brackenridge: What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing. Kevin Bonavia: What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing. Tom Morrison: What steps she is taking to help ensure the delivery of effective community policing. Alex McIntyre: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour. Tristan Osborne: What steps her Department is taking to help counter hostile state threats. Carolyn Harris: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle the exploitation of people working illegally. Lorraine Beavers: What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing. Pippa Heylings: What steps she is taking to protect civil liberties. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
110 speeches (25,837 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Members for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff), for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury), for Dewsbury - Link to Speech 2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) was absolutely correct when he talked - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Flood resilience in England At 9:30am: Oral evidence Philip Duffy - Chief Executive at Environment Agency At 10:30am: Oral evidence Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dr Sebastian Catovsky - Co-director, Floods and Water at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 14th July 2025 4 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Airport expansion and climate and nature targets At 9:15am: Oral evidence Dr Pauleen Lane CBE - Professional Lead for Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate Ian Thynne - Head of Environmental Planning Specialists at Hillingdon Council Peta Donkin - EIA Director - Infrastructure and Energy at National Infrastructure Planning Association At 10:15am: Oral evidence Mike Kane MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security) at Department for Transport Hannah Newell - Director for Heathrow Expansion at Department for Transport Sonia Krylova - Deputy Director, Carbon Budget Delivery and Framework Net Zero Strategy Directorate at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero David Silk - Director for Aviation at Department for Transport View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 21st July 2025 4:15 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Environmental sustainability and housing growth At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Mary Creagh MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nick Barter - Deputy Director for Land Use at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Matthew Pennycook MP - Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning) at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government William Burgon - Director for Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 3rd September 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: National Highways and environmental sustainability At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Nicole Hillier - Principal Policy Advocate, Infrastructure at The Woodland Trust Kevin Martin - Head of Tree Collections at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Jo Bradley - Director of Operations UK at Stormwater Shepherds Catherine Moncrieff - Head of Policy and Engagement at Chartered Institution of Environmental and Water Management (CIWEM) At 3:45pm: Oral evidence Nick Harris - Chief Executive at National Highways Stephen Elderkin - Director of Environmental Sustainability at National Highways View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Stuart Ede - Head of sustainability at AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. Dr Andy Joel - Technical Support Chemist at F2 Chemicals Ltd Stephanie Metzger - Policy Advisor - Sustainable Chemicals at Royal Society of Chemistry At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Duncan Sanders - Director for England at ATG Group Professor Luisa Orsini - Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics at University of Birmingham, and Co-founder and CEO at Daphne Water Solutions Limited Dr Andrew Schwarz - Chief Business Officer at Fluorok View calendar - Add to calendar |
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5 Sep 2025
The Environment in Focus Environmental Audit Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 10 Oct 2025) The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched an open call for potential topics of inquiry in the areas of climate change, the environment and nature. ‘The Environment in focus’ Inquiry invites proposals on what the Committee should investigate next and why. Up to 10 individuals will then be invited to pitch their proposal to MPs on the Committee in a public session. The winning proposal will form the basis of a new inquiry by the Committee. The Committee seeks ideas for inquiries from anyone with an interest in the environment and climate change, including members of the public. So far in this Parliament, we have published reports on the role of natural capital, the UK and the Antarctic and Governing the marine environment. We are currently running inquiries into Environmental sustainability and housing growth, Flood resilience in England, Airport expansion and Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Previously, in February 2023, the Committee conducted a ‘My EAC Inquiry’ exercise, which led to an inquiry into Heat resilience and sustainable cooling, and a subsequent report published in January 2024. This was based on similar past ‘My Science’ inquiries carried out by the former Science and Technology Committee in 2017 (Algorithms in decision-making), 2019 (E-cigarettes) and 2022 (bacteriophages). Deadline for proposals Friday 10 October Please submit a proposal of no more than 250 words for an inquiry to be carried out by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee. This should set out what the inquiry should focus on, why it matters and what action is needed from the Government to address the issues identified in the proposal. Please note that the Committee does not look at specific local issues, but at matters that have wider relevance. The Committee will contact those whose proposals that have been selected for oral pitches. |