Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Aligning the UK's economic goals with environmental sustainability
Closed
Opened 29 Nov 2021
Closed 26 Jan 2023
Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The 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.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 29 November 2021.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 2 oral evidence sessionsLatest 2 March 2022
- 10 witnesses
Recent activity
- Letter from the National Statistician, relating to the publication of quarterly statistics on climate change, wellbeing insights and estimates of GDP, dated 12 August 202222 September 2022, Correspondence
- 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 20228 September 2022, Correspondence
- 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 20228 July 2022, Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
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| 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 |
Oral evidence session
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
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Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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