Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.
Membership
On 28 January 2020, Neil Parish was confirmed as the Committee's Chair-elect.[1] Parish resigned as MP on 30 April 2022, following accusations of watching pornography in the House of Commons.[2] Parish's resignation from the House of Commons became effective on 4 May 2022.[3][4]
Geraint Davies served as interim Chair until the election of Robert Goodwill as new committee Chairman. As of 25 May 2022, the members are as follows:[5]
Changes 2019-present
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2020 | Toby Perkins MP (Labour) | Chesterfield | → | Ian Byrne MP (Labour) | Liverpool West Derby | Hansard | ||
| 8 June 2020 | Mary Glindon MP (Labour) | North Tyneside | → | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | Brent North | Hansard | ||
| 5 January 2022 | Dave Doogan MP (SNP) | Angus | → | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | Hansard | ||
| 4 May 2022 | Neil Parish MP (Chair, Independent) | Tiverton and Honiton | → | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament[6] | |||
| 25 May 2022 | Vacant | → | Robert Goodwill MP (Chair, Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | Hansard | |||
| 8 November 2022 | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | → | Steven Bonnar MP (SNP) | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Hansard | ||
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[7][8]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Parish MP (Chair) | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton | |
| Alan Brown MP | SNP | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
| John Grogan MP | Labour | Keighley | |
| Paul Flynn MP | Labour | Newport West | |
| Dr Caroline Johnson MP | Conservative | Sleaford and North Hykeham | |
| Sandy Martin MP | Labour | Ipswich | |
| Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | |
| David Simpson MP | DUP | Upper Bann | |
| Angela Smith MP | Liberal Democrats | Penistone and Stocksbridge | |
| Julian Sturdy MP | Conservative | York Outer | |
Changes 2017-2019
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 December 2017 | New seat | → | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Hansard | |||
| 11 December 2017 | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard | ||
| 17 February 2019 | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | → | Vacant | Death of member[9] | |||
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[10][11]
Changes 2015-2017
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Sarah Champion MP (Labour) | Rotherham | → | Angela Smith MP (Labour) | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Hansard | ||
| 4 February 2016 | Harry Harpham MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | → | Vacant | Death of member[12] | |||
| 7 March 2016 | Vacant | → | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | Hansard | |||
| 31 October 2016 | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard | ||
2010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[13][14]
Changes 2010-2015
See also
References
- "Neil Parish confirmed as Chair-elect of Committee - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Neil Parish MP: I'm resigning after porn moment of madness". BBC News. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- Lynch, David (4 May 2022). "Neil Parish formally resigns after admitting watching pornography in the Commons". The Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- "Committees Volume 722: debated on Tuesday 8 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee membership agreed - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Neil Parish resigns as an MP after admitting watching pornography in the Commons". Sky News. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
- Langdon, Julia (18 February 2019). "Paul Flynn obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
- Johnston, Chris (5 February 2016). "Labour MP Harry Harpham dies of cancer aged 61". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
- "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
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