Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Membership

As at June 2015, the Committee's only member is its Chair, Neil Parish, with other members to be elected. During the 2014/15 session of Parliament, membership was as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Anne McIntosh MP (Chair)	Conservative	Thirsk and Malton
	Richard Drax MP	Conservative	South Dorset
	Jim Fitzpatrick MP	Labour	Poplar and Limehouse
	Mary Glindon MP	Labour	North Tyneside
	Emma Lewell-Buck MP	Labour	South Shields
	Iain McKenzie MP	Labour	Inverclyde
	Sheryll Murray MP	Conservative	South East Cornwall
	Neil Parish MP	Conservative	Tiverton and Honiton
	Margaret Ritchie MP	SDLP	South Down
	Mark Spencer MP	Conservative	Sherwood
	Roger Williams MP	Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire

Source: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010		Nigel Adams MP (Conservative)	Selby and Ainsty	→		Richard Drax MP (Conservative)	South Dorset	Hansard
22 December 2010		David Anderson MP (Labour)	Blaydon	→		Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)	Brent North	Hansard
27 June 2011		Bill Esterson MP (Labour)	Sefton Central	→		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Hansard
23 January 2012		Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	→		Iain McKenzie MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	Hansard
		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun			Margaret Ritchie MP (SDLP)	South Down
5 November 2012		Amber Rudd MP (Conservative)	Hastings and Rye	→		Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative)	South East Cornwall	Hansard
10 June 2013		Thomas Docherty MP (Labour)	Dunfermline and West Fife	→		Emma Lewell-Buck MP (Labour)	South Shields	Hansard
4 November 2013		Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)	Brent North	→		Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour)	Poplar and Limehouse	Hansard
		George Eustice MP (Conservative)	Camborne and Redruth			Mark Spencer MP (Conservative)	Sherwood
25 November 2013		Dan Rogerson MP (Liberal Democrats)	North Cornwall	→		Roger Williams MP (Liberal Democrats)	Brecon and Radnorshire	Hansard

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

External links

• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee