The House of Commons has formally appointed the follow MPs to the Westminster Energy and Climate Change Committee (below).
The Committee will publish its first full work-programme shortly.
Angus MacNeil (Convenor) SNP, Western Isles
Alistair Carmichael (LibDem, Orkney and Shetland)
Glyn Davies, (Conservative, Montgomeryshire)
James Heappey (Conservative, Wells)
Ian Lavery (Labour, Wansbeck)
Melanie Onn (Labour, Grimsby)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich)
Dr. Poulter (Conservative, Suffolk and Ipswich)
Antoinette Sandbach (Conservative, Eddisbury)
Julian Sturdy (Conservative, Outer York)
Alan Whitehead (Labour, Southampton Test)
But one of their first tasks will be to question UK Energy Minister Amber Rudd next week on her priorities for the Department of Energy (DECC). MPs will consider the following issues; –
- Overview of DECC’s strategy and policy decisions
- Consumers and consumer engagement with the energy market
- Plans to meet long term renewables and decarbonisation targets
- Energy security
- Networks and infrastructure
- Energy efficiency
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