Select Committee · Environmental Audit Committee

Aligning the UK's economic goals with environmental sustainability

Status: Closed Opened: 29 Nov 2021 Closed: 26 Jan 2023
Inquiry scopeThe Environmental Audit Committee is to examine how HM Treasury could incorporate environmental sustainability into its leading measures of the UK’s economic success. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
2 Mar 2022
Panel 1; Panel 2
Andy King · Office for Budget Responsibility, Liz McKeown · Office of National Statistics, Matthew Lesh · Institute of Economic Affairs, Professor Henrietta Moore · Institute for Global Prosperity, Professor Kate Raworth · Doughnut Economics Action Lab
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9 Feb 2022 Dr Matthew Agarwala · The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Jeremy Peat OBE · The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Nick Spencer · Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Professor Tim Jackson · Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey, Signe Norberg · Aldersgate Group View ↗

Who gave evidence

10 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andy King · Member of the Budget Responsibility Committee Office for Budget Responsibility 1
Dr Matthew Agarwala · Project Leader The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge 1
Jeremy Peat OBE · Vice President of Business and Convener of the Economy and Enterprise Committee The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1
Liz McKeown · Director of Public Policy Analysis Office of National Statistics 1
Matthew Lesh · Head of Public Policy Institute of Economic Affairs 1
Nick Spencer · Council Member Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1
Professor Henrietta Moore · Founder and Director Institute for Global Prosperity 1
Professor Kate Raworth · Co-founder and Conceptual Lead, and author of Doughnut Economics Doughnut Economics Action Lab 1
Professor Tim Jackson · Professor of Sustainable Development and Director Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey 1
Signe Norberg · Head of Public Affairs and Communications Aldersgate Group 1

Correspondence

8 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
22 Sep 2022 To committee Letter from the National Statistician, relating to the publication of quarterly statistics on climate change, wellbeing insights and estimates of GDP, dated 12 August 2022
8 Sep 2022 To committee Letter from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury responding to the Committee's letter of 8 July, relating to the Aligning the UK’s economic goals with environmental sustainability inquiry, dated 20 July 2022
8 Jul 2022 To committee Letter from the Environmental Audit Committee Chair to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, relating to the Aligning the UK’s economic goals with environmental sustainability inquiry, dated 8 July 2022
28 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the National Statistician, relating to the Aligning the UK's Economic Goals with Environmental Sustainability inquiry, dated 28 June 2022
28 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, responding to the Committee's 5 April letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Aligning the UK's Economic Goals with Environmental Sustainability inquiry, dated 16 June 2022
28 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from the National Statistician, responding to the Committee's 5 April letter on the Aligning the UK's Economic Goals with Environmental Sustainability inquiry, dated 26 April 2022
6 Apr 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the National Statistician, relating to the Aligning the UK's Economic Goals with Environmental Sustainability inquiry, dated 5 April 2022
6 Apr 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relating to the Aligning the UK's Economic Goals with Environmental Sustainability inquiry, dated 5 April 2022