Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee

The Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into existence in April 2023. It is the successor to the previous Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, which existed from 2009 to 2016.

Formation

The House of Commons agreed to the establishment of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee on 28 October 2008,^[1] following the establishment of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 3 October 2008. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the department, and any departmental bodies.

Reformation

As the department was disbanded and merged with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in July 2016, the committee was also abolished. The committee was revitalised with the formation of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.^[2] Candidates for chair were Kirsty Blackman, Stewart Malcolm McDonald and Angus MacNeil.^[3]

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:^[4]

	Party	Constituency
Bill Esterson MP (Chair)	Labour	Sefton Central
Polly Billington MP	Labour	East Thanet
Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
Torcuil Crichton MP	Labour	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Wera Hobhouse MP	Lib Dems	Bath
Josh MacAlister MP	Labour	Whitehaven and Workington
Anneliese Midgley MP	Labour	Knowsley
Julie Minns MP	Labour	Carlisle
Luke Murphy MP	Labour	Basingstoke
Bradley Thomas MP	Conservative	Bromsgrove
Claire Young MP	Lib Dems	Thornbury and Yate

2019-2024 Parliament

Angus MacNeil was elected chair on 26 April 2023.^[5]^[6] The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.^[7]

As of June 2023, the membership of the committee was as follows:^[8]

	Party	Constituency
Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)	Independent (elected as SNP)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Hilary Benn MP	Labour	Leeds Central
Vicky Ford MP	Conservative	Chelmsford
Barry Gardiner MP	Labour	Brent North
Mark Garnier MP	Conservative	Wyre Forest
Mark Hendrick MP	Labour	Preston
Mark Jenkinson MP	Conservative	Workington
Dan Poulter MP	Conservative	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP	Labour	Brighton Kemptown
Alexander Stafford MP	Conservative	Rother Valley

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
19 June 2023	New seat			→	Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative)	Rugby	Hansard
20 November 2023		Hilary Benn MP (Labour)	Leeds Central	→	Mick Whitley MP (Labour)	Birkenhead	Hansard
11 December 2023		Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)	Workington	→	Derek Thomas MP (Conservative)	St Ives	Hansard
7 May 2024		Dan Poulter MP (Conservative)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	→	Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative)	Suffolk Coastal	Hansard

Former membership

The membership of the committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)	Scottish National Party	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Alistair Carmichael MP	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland
Glyn Davies MP	Conservative	Montgomeryshire
James Heappey MP	Conservative	Wells
Ian Lavery MP	Labour	Wansbeck
Melanie Onn MP	Labour	Great Grimsby
Matthew Pennycook MP	Labour	Greenwich and Woolwich
Dan Poulter MP	Conservative	Central Suffolk & North Ipswich
Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative	Eddisbury
Julian Sturdy MP	Conservative	York Outer
Dr Alan Whitehead MP	Labour	Southampton Test

Source: Energy and Climate Change Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Gemma Doyle MP (Labour Co-op)	West Dunbartonshire	→	Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)	Brent North	Hansard
2 November 2010	Tom Greatrex MP (Labour Co-op)	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	→	Ian Lavery MP (Labour)	Wansbeck	Hansard
5 November 2012	Laura Sandys MP (Conservative)	South Thanet	→	Peter Lilley MP (Conservative)	Hitchin and Harpenden	Hansard

References

^ House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion
^ "New Energy Security and Net Zero Committee to hold stakeholder event in Parliament to help shape scrutiny priorities". UK Parliament. 9 May 2023.
^ "Chair Nominations Open for Energy Security Net Zero". UK Parliament. 29 March 2023.
^ "Energy Security and Net Zero Committee membership appointed". committees.parliament.uk. Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee". UK Parliament. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Illegal Migration Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Business without Debate - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Energy Security and Net Zero Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

[1] House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion

[2] "New Energy Security and Net Zero Committee to hold stakeholder event in Parliament to help shape scrutiny priorities". UK Parliament. 9 May 2023.

[3] "Chair Nominations Open for Energy Security Net Zero". UK Parliament. 29 March 2023.

[4] "Energy Security and Net Zero Committee membership appointed". committees.parliament.uk. Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[5] "Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee". UK Parliament. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[6] "Illegal Migration Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[7] "Business without Debate - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[8] "Energy Security and Net Zero Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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