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,[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081028/debtext/81028-0025.htm House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion] 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.{{Cite web |date=9 May 2023 |title=New Energy Security and Net Zero Committee to hold stakeholder event in Parliament to help shape scrutiny priorities |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/195142/new-energy-security-and-net-zero-committee-to-hold-stakeholder-event-in-parliament-to-help-shape-scrutiny-priorities/ |website=UK Parliament}} Candidates for chair were Kirsty Blackman, Stewart Malcolm McDonald and Angus MacNeil.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=Chair Nominations Open for Energy Security Net Zero |url=https://www.parliament.uk/external/committees/news/2023/march/chair-nominations-energy-security-net-zero/ |website=UK Parliament}}

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/203488/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee membership appointed |author= |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bill Esterson MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Sefton Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Polly Billington MP

| Labour

| East Thanet

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Christopher Chope MP

| Conservative

| Christchurch

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Torcuil Crichton MP

| Labour

| Na h-Eileanan an Iar

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Wera Hobhouse MP

| Lib Dems

| Bath

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Anneliese Midgley MP

| Labour

| Knowsley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Luke Murphy MP

| Labour

| Basingstoke

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Melanie Onn MP

| Labour

| Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mike Reader MP

| Labour

| Northampton South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bradley Thomas MP

| Conservative

| Bromsgrove

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Claire Young MP

| Lib Dems

| Thornbury and Yate

=Changes since 2024=

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! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 13 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Julie Minns MP (Labour)

| Carlisle

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mike Reader MP (Labour)

| Northampton South

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-13/debates/789A3A9E-5CF1-42B0-92F5-889E8A034825/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

nowrap | 17 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Josh MacAlister MP (Labour)

| Whitehaven and Workington

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Melanie Onn MP (Labour)

| Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-17/debates/A42663E6-2A98-4ECF-8381-CC2424B02641/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2019-2024 Parliament

Angus MacNeil was elected chair on 26 April 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-26 |title=Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/194969/angus-brendan-macneil-elected-chair-of-energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}{{Cite web |title=Illegal Migration Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-04-26/debates/5751EE9A-180E-48BA-A8CA-D51B230C1984/IllegalMigrationBill#contribution-01EE3053-56DC-4C83-AD86-58343BC2DA15 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}} The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.{{Cite web |title=Business without Debate - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-12/debates/A889FFE9-29DE-4604-9E6B-1DEE46577F63/BusinessWithoutDebate |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}

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! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)

| Independent (elected as SNP)

| Na h-Eileanan an Iar

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Hilary Benn MP

| Labour

| Leeds Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Vicky Ford MP

| Conservative

| Chelmsford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Barry Gardiner MP

| Labour

| Brent North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Garnier MP

| Conservative

| Wyre Forest

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Hendrick MP

| Labour

| Preston

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Jenkinson MP

| Conservative

| Workington

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Dan Poulter MP

| Conservative

| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP

| Labour

| Brighton Kemptown

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alexander Stafford MP

| Conservative

| Rother Valley

=Changes 2019-2024=

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! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

19 June 2023

|colspan=3| New seat

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative)

|Rugby

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-06-19/debates/15D812DA-BAB9-4A29-837C-F525FA66BBE8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

20 November 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Hilary Benn MP (Labour)

|Leeds Central

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Mick Whitley MP (Labour)

|Birkenhead

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-11-20/debates/61B6ADFE-CA49-4636-9A66-0924C046EC69/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

11 December 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)

|Workington

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Derek Thomas MP (Conservative)

|St Ives

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-11/debates/49442229-047B-424B-9ACE-71F9F9CB97A7/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

7 May 2024

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Dan Poulter MP (Labour){{efn|Appointed as a Conservative.}}

|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative)

|Suffolk Coastal

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-07/debates/BDA25F98-C5CC-499E-B8E1-446E8211937D/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Former membership

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

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! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)

| Scottish National Party

| Na h-Eileanan an Iar

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Alistair Carmichael MP

| Liberal Democrat

| Orkney and Shetland

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Glyn Davies MP

| Conservative

| Montgomeryshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| James Heappey MP

| Conservative

| Wells

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ian Lavery MP

| Labour

| Wansbeck

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Melanie Onn MP

| Labour

| Great Grimsby

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Matthew Pennycook MP

| Labour

| Greenwich and Woolwich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Dan Poulter MP

| Conservative

| Central Suffolk & North Ipswich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Antoinette Sandbach MP

| Conservative

| Eddisbury

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Julian Sturdy MP

| Conservative

| York Outer

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Dr Alan Whitehead MP

| Labour

| Southampton Test

Source: [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/energy-and-climate-change-committee/membership/ 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.

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& Party

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! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=2 nowrap | 2 November 2010

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gemma Doyle MP (Labour Co-op)

| West Dunbartonshire

| rowspan=2 | →

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)

| Brent North

| rowspan=2 | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/debtext/101102-0004.htm#1011036000005 Hansard]

Tom Greatrex MP (Labour Co-op)

| Rutherglen and Hamilton West

| Ian Lavery MP (Labour)

| Wansbeck

5 November 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Laura Sandys MP (Conservative)

| South Thanet

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Lilley MP (Conservative)

| Hitchin and Harpenden

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]

References

External links

[https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/ Committee website]
[https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_ER Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]

Category:Department of Energy and Climate Change

Category:Energy policy of the United Kingdom

Category:Select Committees of the British House of Commons