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{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}
The '''Energy and Climate Change Select Committee''' was a [[Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom|select committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that came into existence on 1 January 2009.
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The '''Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee''' is a [[Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom|select committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|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. The current chair is [[Bill Esterson]].
 
==Formation==
The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment onof Octoberthe Energy and Climate Change Select Committee on 28, October 2008,<ref>[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]</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Candidates for chair were [[Kirsty Blackman]], [[Stewart McDonald (politician)|Stewart Malcolm McDonald]] and [[Angus MacNeil]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
 
==Membership==
Membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{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=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
The membership of the Committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:
 
{| 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 Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Polly Billington]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[East Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|East Thanet]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Christopher Chope]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Torcuil Crichton]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Wera Hobhouse]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
| [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anneliese Midgley]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Luke Murphy (politician)|Luke Murphy]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Reader]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bradley Thomas (British politician)|Bradley Thomas]] MP
| [[Conservative (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Claire Young]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
| [[Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury and Yate]]
|-
|}
 
===Changes since 2024===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| nowrap | 13 January 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Julie Minns]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Reader]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|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 Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Whitehaven and Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven and Workington]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
 
{| 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|Independent politician}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]] MP (Chair)
| [[Independent politician|Independent]] <small>(elected as [[Scottish National Party|SNP]])</small>
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hilary Benn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Vicky Ford]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Barry Gardiner]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent North]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Garnier]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Hendrick]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Preston (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Jenkinson]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Dan Poulter]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lloyd Russell-Moyle]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alexander Stafford]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Rother Valley]]
|}
 
===Changes 2019-2024===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br>& 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 Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|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 Party (UK)|Labour]])
|[[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]]
|→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mick Whitley]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
|[[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|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 Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
|→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Derek Thomas (politician)|Derek Thomas]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|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 Party (UK)|Labour]]){{efn|Appointed as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].}}
|[[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
|→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Thérèse Coffey]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk Coastal]]
|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-07/debates/BDA25F98-C5CC-499E-B8E1-446E8211937D/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|}
{{notelist}}
 
== Former membership ==
The membership of the committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]] MP (Chair)
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Alistair Carmichael]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
| [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Glyn Davies (British politician)|Glyn Davies]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[James Heappey]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Wells (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Ian Lavery]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)|Wansbeck]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Matthew Pennycook]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich and Woolwich]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Dan Poulter]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk & North Ipswich]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Antoinette Sandbach]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Julian Sturdy]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| Dr [[Alan Whitehead]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| rowspan=2 nowrap | 2 November 2010
| rowspan=2 bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Gemma Doyle (politician)|Gemma Doyle]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Co-operative Party|Co-op]])
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| rowspan=2 bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Barry Gardiner]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent North]]
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|-
| 5 November 2012
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Laura Sandys]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|South Thanet]]
| →
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Peter Lilley]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin and Harpenden]]
| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]
|}
 
== List of chairs ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
!Term
!Parliament
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Elliot Morley]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Scunthorpe]]
|21 January 2009 – 6 May 2010
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election|54th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tim Yeo]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South Suffolk]]
|10 June 2010 – 30 March 2015
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election|55th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]]
| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|18 June 2015 – 17 October 2016
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election|56th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]]
| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|26 April 2023 – 30 May 2024
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election|58th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bill Esterson]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]]
|11 September 2024 – present
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election|59th Parliament]]
|}
 
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==External links==
* [httphttps://wwwcommittees.parliament.uk/businesscommittee/committees664/committeesenergy-a-z/commons-select/energysecurity-and-climatenet-changezero-committee/ Committee website]
* [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_ER Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]
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