The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee was a
select committee of the
House of Commons
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in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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that came into existence on 1 January 2009.
Formation
The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment on October 28, 2008,
House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion
/ref> following the establishment of the Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom created on 3 October 2008, by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Busin ...
on 3 October 2008. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the department, and any departmental bodies.
Membership
The membership of the committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:
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.
References
External links
Committee website
Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
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Department of Energy and Climate Change
Defunct Select Committees of the British House of Commons