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Meeting held on

21st

July 2015

Members present:

Huw Irranca-Davies, in the Chair

Peter Aldous Mr Peter Lilley Jo Churchill

Zac Goldsmith Margaret Greenwood

Luke Hall Carolyn Harris

Peter Heaton-Jones

Caroline Lucas Holly Lynch

John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow

Jeff Smith

1. Declaration of Interests

Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July

1992 (see Appendix).

2. Working Practices

Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the

Committee orders otherwise.

Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorised to

publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always

to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee orders otherwise.

3. Local Nature Partnerships

First Special Report of the Committee, (Local Nature Partnerships: Government Response to

the Committee’s Twelve Report of Session 2014-15), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read

the first and second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Committee’s Twelve Report of Session 2014-15 was

appended to the Report.

Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

4. Travel

Resolved, That the Chair and Holly Lynch have leave to visit Paris on 24 September 2015, to

attend a conference organised by the Office for the Evaluation of Scientific Choices to discuss

technological change and mitigating climate change in a representative capacity.

5. Future Programme

Ordered, That the Chair write to the Government in relation to the remediation of open-cast

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mining sites and the ending of the renewables obligation in respect of on-shore wind.

Ordered, That the Committee hold an away day on Thursday 10 September at the Westminster

Abbey Institute.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into The Government’s Approach to Sustainable Development to inform its work for the rest of the Parliament.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into The Airports Commission: Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise.

6. National Audit Office

The Committee received an oral briefing from the National Audit Office on their Short Guide to

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development.

[Adjourned until 2 pm on Wednesday, 16 September

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 16th

September 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Ansell

Jo Churchill Zac Goldsmith

Margaret Greenwood Luke Hall

Peter Heaton-Jones

Caroline Lucas Holly Lynch Jeff Smith


Caroline Ansell declared her interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13

July 1992 (see Appendix).

2. Written evidence and correspondence

The following written evidence and correspondence was ordered to be reported to the House for publication:

Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on on-shore wind Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Chair on the Thames Tideway Tunnel

The Airports Commission Report: Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise

Abta - The Travel Association Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure Uk Limited Aviation Environment Federation

Biopure Fuels Bryan Tomlinson Bureau Veritas Uk Ltd Catherine Coebergh Clean Air In London Communities Against Increased Aircraft Noise

Daphne Davies Department For Transport Dr Avril Horn Elizabeth M Balsom

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Englefield Green Action Group Fellow Travellers Friends Of The Earth Gatwick Airport Limited Gatwick Diamond Business Hacan Heathrow Airport Limited Heathrow Associates Heathrow Hub Ltd/Runway Innovations Ltd Home Owner Hounlsow & Brentford Friends Of The Earth Iver Parish Council J Langrish James Biggs James Page

Joan McIntyre Kate Hoey MP London Borough of Hillingdon (on behalf of the 2M Boroughs) Local Authorities' Aircraft Noise Council ( Laanc) London Borough Of Hounslow London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies Manchester Airports Group Maureen Williams Mott Macdonald Ltd Mr Hylton Garriock Mr Malcolm Russell Mr Mark Middleton-Smith Mr Neil Arden

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Mr Neil Spurrier Mr Paul McGuinness Mr Steve Mitchell Mrs Joyce Painton Mrs Rachael Webb Northumberland Walk Residents Association Plane Stupid Mr Stephen Clark Professor Tom van Vuren Ricardo Energy & Environment

Richings Park Residents' Association Richmond & Twickenham Friends Of The Earth Richmond Heathrow Campaign Robert Buick Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds South Bucks District Council South East Green Party Stop Heathrow Expansion

Sustainable Aviation Teddington Action Group The Friends of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth Transport for London Tui Group Virgin Atlantic Wentworth Residents Association

West London Friends Of the Earth

The Government’s approach to sustainable development

Aldersgate Group Anne Velenturf Association For Decentralised Energy

Dearman Dr Duncan Russel Dr Ewan Jones Dr Rhona Pringle

National Farmers Union (Nfu) National Oceanography Centre

Association For The Ds Smith New Economics Foundation Conservation Of Energy Eating Better Professor David Schiffrin Association Of British Ecuity Consulting Llp On Professor Frances Bowen Insurers Behalf Of Mark Group Rachel Bevan Architects Association Of Colleges English Learning For Renewableuk Association Of Directors Of Sustainability Alliance Res Ltd Environment, Economy, Environmental Association Royal Institute Of British Planning And Transport For Universities And Architects (Adept) Colleges Royal Town Planning Beama Ltd Bioregional

Environmental Services Association

Institute Rspb

Bond For International Friends Of The Earth Schneider Electric Uk Ltd Development England, Wales And Severn Trent Water Brampton A14 Campaign Northern Ireland Soil Association Group Gatwick Airport Stakeholder Forum British Ceramic Green House Think Tank Steps Centre And Spru, Confederation Hands Off Our Forest University Of Sussex British Glass Manufacturers' Hoare Lea Storelectric Confederation Industrial Synergies Ltd Sustain: The Alliance For Campaign Against Arms Innovate Uk Better Food And Farming Trade Campaign For National

Ippr Labc

Sustainability Research Institute, University Of

Parks London Fire Brigade Leeds Campaign To Protect Rural Low Carbon Gordano Sustainable Aviation England Marine Conservation Sustainable Development Carbon Capture And Society Unit For The Nhs, Public Storage Association Mr Alan Robertson Health And Social Care Cibse Mr Angus Middleton System Cla Mrs Rachael Webb Sustainable Energy Climate Uk Ms Nicola Terry Association Core (Centre Of Refurbishment Excellence)

Napit The Campaign For National Parks

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The Edge The Forest Of Marston Vale Trust The Square Meal Group The Sustainable Development Unit The Wildlife Trusts

Town And Country Planning Association Tuc Uk Cohousing Network Uk Sustainable Investment And Finance Association Uk-Gbc

Wildlife And Countryside Link Wood Panel Industries Federation Woodland Trust World Future Council Wrap

Wwf-Uk

3. Future Programme

The Committee considered this matter.

Resolved, that the Committee ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine whether

the Spending Review process leads to well-informed decision-making in relation to

environmental protection and sustainable development.

[Adjourned until 2 pm on Wednesday, 14 October

24 September 2015

The Chair and Holly Lynch visited Paris to attend a conference organised by the Office for the

Evaluation of Scientific Choices in a representative capacity in accordance with the Committee’s resolution of 21 July 2015.

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 14th October 2015

Members present:


Caroline Ansell Jo Churchill

Zac Goldsmith Peter Heaton-Jones

Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas

Holly Lynch John Mc Nally

1. Future Programme

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Diesel Emissions and Air Quality.

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Future of the Green Investment Bank.

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Resolved, That the Committee conduct an Assessment of EU/UK Environmental Policy.

2. Assessment of EU/UK Environmental Policy

Ordered, That Professor Andrew Jordan be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the

Committee in relation to its Assessment of EU/UK Environmental Policy (For Details of Declaration of Interests see Appendix).

3. The Government’s Approach to Sustainable Development

Ordered, That Farooq Ullah be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in

matters relating to Sustainable Development (For Details of Declaration of Interests see

Appendix).

Resolved, That the Committee visit Paris in December 2015 to attend the Globe COP21

Legislators’ Summit in connection with its inquiry into the Government’s Approach to

Sustainable Development, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for

expenditure in connection with the visit.

4. The Airports Commission Report: Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Airports Commission Report:

Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise be reported to the House for publication on the

internet.

Chatr (Chiswick Against Third Runway)

Dr Andy Jefferson, Director, Sustainable Aviation, Cait Hewitt, Deputy Director, Aviation

Environment Federation; Lord True CBE, Leader, Richmond Council on behalf of the 2M

Boroughs, Daniel Moylan, Board Member/Mayor’s Adviser on Aviation and Crossrail 2,

Richard de Cani, Managing Director, Planning, Transport for London, and Councillor Amrit

Mann, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Environment, London Borough of

Hounslow, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 9:15 am on Thursday, 15 October

Meeting held on

Thursday, 15th

October 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Margaret Greenwood

Luke Hall Caroline Lucas

Holly Lynch John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow

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1. Diesel Emissions and Air Quality.

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive Officer, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, and Paul Willis, Managing Director, Volkswagen Group UK, gave oral evidence.

2. The Government’s approach to sustainable development.

The following written evidence was ordered to be reported to the House for publication:

Biofuelwatch Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

[Adjourned until 4 pm on Monday, 26 October

Meeting held on

Monday, 26th October 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Caroline Lucas Zac Goldsmith

Margaret Greenwood Luke Hall

John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow

1. Diesel emissions and air quality


[Adjourned until 11:30am on Tuesday, 27 October

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Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Margaret Greenwood Mary Creagh

Geraint Davies Zac Goldsmith

Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow


Mary Creagh and Geraint Davies declared their interests in according with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (See Appendix).

2. Diesel emissions and air quality

Robert Goodwill MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Department

for Transport, Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment

and Rural Affairs, Michael Hurwitz, Director of the Energy, Technology and International

Directorate, Department for Transport, and Cheryl Case, Head of Atmosphere and

Industrial Relations, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave oral

evidence.

3. The Government’s approach to sustainable development


Cabinet Office

[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 28th October

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 28th October 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Luke Hall Caroline Ansell Mary Creagh

Geraint Davies Margaret Greenwood

Carolyn Harris Peter Heaton-Jones

Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally

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1. Future Programme

Resolved, that the Committee ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine Sustainability

and the Department for Transport.

2. Climate Change Adaptation

Draft Special Report (Climate Change Adaptation: Government Response to the Committee’s

Tenth Report of Session 2014-15), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and

second time, and agreed to.

The Government’s response to the Tenth Report from the Committee of Session 2014-15 in

the last Parliament was appended to the Report.

Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

3. Future of the Green Investment Bank

Shaun Kingsbury, CEO, Green Investment Bank, Euan McVicar, General Counsel, Green

Investment Bank; Ingrid Holmes, Director, E3G, and Richard Howard, Head of Environment and

Energy, Policy Exchange, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 10:30am on Wednesday 4th November

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 4th November 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Luke Hall Caroline Ansell Mary Creagh

Geraint Davies Zac Goldsmith

Margaret Greenwood

Carolyn Harris Peter Heaton-Jones

Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally

1. Diesel Emissions and Air Quality

Resolved, That the Committee write to the Department for Transport and Department for Food

and Rural Affairs, and Volkswagen UK.

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2. The Airports Commission Report: Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise

John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd, and Matt Gorman, Director, Sustainability and Environment, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 9:00 am on Thursday 26th November

Meeting held on

Thursday, 26th November 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Peter Heaton-Jones Jo Churchill

Mary Creagh Geraint Davies Zac Goldsmith

Margaret Greenwood

Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow

1. Consideration of Chair’s Draft Report: The Airports Commission’s Report: Carbon

Emissions, Air Quality and Noise

[The draft Report was agreed to. Formal Minutes relating to the Report can be found in the

Committee’s First Report of Session 2015-2016 (HC 389)]

2. Soil Health

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Soil Health.


Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP, Minister of State, and Richard Callard, Executive Director, Green

Investment Bank Shareholder Team, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, gave

oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2:00 pm on Wednesday 2nd December

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Meeting held on

Wednesday, 2nd December 2015

Members present:

Peter Aldous Jo Churchill

Geraint Davies


Margaret Greenwood Carolyn Harris John Mc Nally

1. The European Commission’s Work Programme

The Committee considered a request from the Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee.

2. An Assessment of EU/UK Environmental Policy

The Committee received a private briefing from its Specialist Adviser.

Professor Maria Lee, Professor of EU Environmental Law, University College London,

Professor Sebastian Oberthuer, Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development,

Institute for European Studies, and Nigel Haigh, Honorary Fellow, Institute of European

Environmental Policy, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2:00 pm on Wednesday 9th December

Meeting held on Wednesday, 9th December 2015

Peter Aldous

Caroline Ansell Jo Churchill

Mary Creagh Geraint Davies

Members present: Huw Irranca-Davies, in the Chair

Carolyn Harris Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally Rebecca Pow

Margaret Greenwood

1. Future Programme



Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 1:30 pm on Wednesday 16th December

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Thursday 3rdDecember to Saturday 5thDecember

[The Chair, Mary Creagh, Geraint Davies, Margaret Greenwood, Luke Hall, Carolyn Harris, Caroline Lucas and John Mc Nally visited Paris to attend the GLOBE COP21

Legislators’ Summit in accordance with the Committee’s resolution of 14thOctober.]

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 16th December 2015

Members present:


Peter Aldous Peter Heaton-Jones Mary Creagh Mr Peter Lilley

Geraint Davies Caroline Lucas Luke Hall John Mc Nally

Carolyn Harris Rebecca Pow

1. Overseas Territories

Ordered, That the Chair write to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to

environmental protection and the Overseas Territories.

2. Sustainability and HM Treasury

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Sustainability and HM Treasury.


Ordered, That the Chair report responses received from Volkswagen UK and the Department for Transport to the House for publication and that he reply to the Department for Transport.

4. Consideration of Chair’s draft Report: The Future of the Green Investment Bank

[The draft Report was agreed to. Formal minutes relating to the Report can be found in the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015-16 (HC 536)


Peter Aldous declared an interest as a partner in a family farm who are members of the National Farmers Union.

Dr Diane Mitchell, Chief Environment Adviser, National Farmers Union, Angus Evers, Member and Co-convenor of the Waste Working Party, UK Environmental Law Association, Martin Harper, Director of Conservation, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Prof Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency, Pieter De Pous, EU Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau, and Martin Nesbit, Senior Fellow and Head of Environment and Climate Governance Programme, Institute for European Environmental Policy, gave oral evidence.

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[Adjourned until 2:00 pm on Wednesday 6th

January

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 6th January 2016

Members present:

Peter Aldous Mary Creagh


Peter Heaton-Jones Mr Peter Lilley

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Geraint Davies Carolyn Harris

Caroline Lucas

1. Soil Health


Dr Rod Blackshaw

Dr Oliver Knox


Ordered, That the Chair report the response received from Volkswagen UK to the House for publication.


Lloyd Austin, Convenor of Scottish Environment Link’s Governance Task Force, Wildlife and

Countryside Link, Trevor Hutchings, Director of UK and EU Advocacy, World Wild Life Fund

UK, Professor Colin Reid, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Dundee Law School,

Nick Molho, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group, Dr Stephanie Merry, Head of the Ocean

Energy Group, Renewable Energy Association

[Adjourned until 9:15am on Tuesday 12th January

Meeting held on

Tuesday, 12th January 2016

Members present:

Peter Aldous Mary Creagh Geraint Davies


Margaret Greenwood Caroline Lucas

1. Soil Health


Mrs Susan Atkinson

Dr Tim Harrod

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Angus Evers, Member and Co-convenor of the Waste Working Party, UK

Environmental Law Association, Dr Diane Mitchell, Chief Environment Adviser,

National Farmers Union, Martin Harper, Director of Conservation, The Royal

Society for the Protection of Birds, and Susan Danger, Managing Director, American

Chamber of Commerce EU gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 13th January

Meeting held on


Members present:

Peter Aldous Mary Creagh Geraint Davies


Peter Heaton-Jones Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas

Margaret Greenwood Carolyn Harris

John McNally Rebecca Pow

1. Future Programme


Revolved, That the Committee inquire into Flooding: Cooperation Across Government.

2. Soil health

Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication:

Robert Palmer

Professor Lindsay Stringer


Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director-General: Environment, European Commission, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 20th January

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Meeting held on


Members present:


Peter Aldous Caroline Ansell Mary Creagh


Luke Hall Peter Heaton-Jones

Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas John Mc Nally

1. Chair

Resolved, That Peter Aldous take the Chair of the Committee for the meeting on 27

th

February and for any meetings for which he is present subsequent to Huw Irranca-Davies

stepping down as Chair and prior to the election of a new Chair.

2. Future Programme


3. Soil health


Prof Mark Kibblewhite

The Permaculture Association Britain

Lancaster Environment Centre

CIWEM

Steven Pye

Rothamsted Institute

University of Roehampton

SRUC

Adas UK

Sue Everett

Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Dr Robert Evans

Jennifer Jeffes Smart Growth UK

British Society of Soil Science

Newcastle University Student and Staff Soil Science Society

Dr Franciska de Vries

Prof Jonathan Leake

Dr Neil Humphries

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Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester, North Merseyside

British Geological Society

Woodland Trust

CLA

APPG on Agroecology

Cranfield University

Compassion in World Farming

Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association

NFU

Technical Committee of the Landscape Institute Committee on Climate Change

Soil Security Programme



Aldersgate Group

Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DEFRA, and Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DECC gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 1:45pm on Wednesday 27

th January

Meeting held on


Members present:

Peter Aldous took the Chair, in accordance with the resolution of the Committee of 20 January

Caroline Ansell Mary Creagh

Geraint Davies

Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas

1. Future Programme


2. Soil health


Prof Richard Bardgett

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The Geological Society James Hutton Institute RCUK BASEUK STARS DEFRA East Malling Research British Ecological Society Mr S Cowell University of Aberdeen Wildlife and Countryside Link


Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication

Letter from Robert Goodwill MP


Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication:

Letter from Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham

5. Flooding: Cooperation Across Government

Lord Krebs, Chair of the Adaptation Subcommittee, Committee on Climate Change, Matthew

Bell, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change, Daniel Johns, Head of Adaptation,

Committee on Climate Change, and Professor Dieter Helm, University of Oxford, gave oral

evidence.

[Adjourned until 1:30pm on Wednesday 3rd February

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 3rd February 2016

Members present:

In the absence of Peter Aldous, Peter Heaton-Jones was called to the Chair.

Mary Creagh Geraint Davies

Margaret Greenwood Peter Heaton-Jones

Mr Peter Lilley

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1. Today’s Evidence Session The Committee considered this matter.

2. Soil health


Soil Association Newcastle University Queens University Belfast Soil First Farming National Trust Wardell Armstrong LLP University of Sheffield CEH Reading Agricultural Consultants Microbiology Society Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Dr Arwyn Jones Soil Research Centre University of Reading Sustianable Food Trust

3. Assessment of EU-UK Environmental Policy


Prof Henrik Selin Nigel Haigh American Chamber of Commerce to the EU



National Flood Forum

Aviva

George Monbiot, Columnist, The Guardian, Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment

Agency, and John Curtin, Acting Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management,

Environment Agency gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 1:45pm on Wednesday 24th February

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 24th February 2016

Members present:

Mary Creagh, in the Chair

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Peter Heaton-Jones Caroline Lucas

John Mc Nally

1. Soil health

Ordered, That Professor Bridget Emmett be appointed Specialist Adviser in respect of the Committee's inquiry into soil health.


Tim Kersley, Head of Asset Management Strategy, Network Rail, Jo Harrison, Asset

Management Director, United Utilities, Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country

Planning Association, Tom Jeynes, Sustainable Development Manager (Humber), Associated

British Ports, Chris Woodroofe, Head of Passenger Operations, Gatwick Airport, Councillor

Steve Sweeney, Yorkshire Regional Flood Committee and Calderdale Council, Ian Glover,

Environment Sustainability Manager, National Grid, Eamon Lally, Principal Policy Adviser,

Local Government Association, and Ivan Le Fevre, Head of Environment, Highways England

gave oral evidence in a roundtable format.



Aldersgate Group Bond Beyond2015UK British Woodworking Federation Carbon Tracker Initiative Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Christian Aid Community Energy England EDF Energy Environmental Services Association Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics Green House think-tank Historic England HM Treasury Institution of Environmental Sciences IREGG Landscape Institute Mineral Products Association Mrs H. Gilbert ODI Professor Stuart Haszeldine Professor Tim Jackson Renewable Energy Association Renewable Energy Systems Limited RenewableUK

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Scottish Renewables Society for the Environment Sustrans The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) Transition Evesham Vale

UKSIF University of Exeter and University of East Anglia Vestas Celtic Wind Technology Woodland Trust WWF-UK

[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 2nd March

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Caroline Ansell

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 2nd March 2016

Members present:


Mr Peter Lilley


Luke Hall

Caroline Lucas

John Mc Nally




European Commission




Ordered, That the Chair write to the Green Investment Bank and report any response received to the House for publication if it is received before the Enterprise Bill [HL] is Considered by the House.


Resolved, That the Chair and John Mc Nally have leave to visit Yorkshire in a representative capacity in connection with this inquiry.


Local Government Association

5. Soil Health


Willie Towers, James Hutton Institute, Sue Cornwell, Lead Natural Environment

Adviser, National Trust, and Martin Rogers, Environment Policy Adviser, National

Farmers’ Union, gave oral evidence.

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Waste and Resources Action Programme

CUSP

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[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 9 March

Peter Aldous

Peter Heaton-Jones Mr Peter Lilley

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 9th March 2016

Members present:


Caroline Lucas

John Mc Nally

Rebecca Pow

1. HS2 and the Environment

Ordered, That the Chair write to the Department of Transport and report any response received to the House for publication if it is received before the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill is Considered by the House.



National Farmers’ Union

Town and Country Planning Association

3. Soil Health

Lord Krebs, Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee, Committee on Climate Change,

David Thompson, Senior Policy Analyst - Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change,

Peter Melchett, Policy Director, Soil Association, Professor Paul Hallett, University of

Aberdeen Professor, Richard Bardgett, University of Manchester, and Professor

David Powlson, Rothamsted Research, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 16th March

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Peter Aldous

Caroline Ansell Geraint Davies Margaret Greenwood

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 16th March 2016

Members present:


Peter Heaton-Jones Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Lucas

1. Future Programme

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Environmental Impact of Microplastics.




UKELA

[Adjourned until 1pm on Wednesday 23rd March

Meeting held on

Wednesday 23rd March

Members present:


Peter Aldous Mr Peter Lilley Caroline Ansell Caroline Lucas Geraint Davies John Mc Nally

Margaret Greenwood Rebecca Pow Peter Heaton-Jones

1. Assessment of EU-UK Environmental Policy

Draft Report (EU and UK Environmental Policy), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

The Draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Third Report of the Committee, HC 537.

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[Adjourned until 10:15am on Tuesday 12th April

Meeting held on

Tuesday, 12th April

Members present:


Peter Aldous Caroline Lucas Caroline Ansell Margaret Greenwood Mr Peter Lilley Rebecca Pow



Worsfold Review – Asset Maintenance Peer Review

2. Soil Health

Howard Price, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Dr Karen Johnson,

University of Durham, Prof Chris Collins, Soil Security Programme, Prof Dave

Chadwick, University of Bangor, and Prof Jim Harris, Cranfield University gave oral

evidence.

3. Future Programme


[Adjourned until 2pm on Wednesday 13th April

Meeting held on

Wednesday, 13th April

Members present:


Peter Aldous Peter Heaton-Jones Margaret Greenwood Mr Peter Lilley

Carolyn Harris Caroline Lucas

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1. Soil Health


Professor Chris Evans

Heath Malcolm



EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation

3. Environmental Impact of Microplastics



Dr Natalie Welden

Mr Shay Fennelly Dr Michael Shaver



Mike Potter, Slowing the flow in Pickering Project Rewilding Britain Association of British Insurers Lancaster University

Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned until 2:15pm on Wednesday 20th April

Meeting held on

Wednesday 20th April

Members present:


Peter Aldous Caroline Lucas Margaret Greenwood John Mc Nally Peter Heaton-Jones Rebecca Pow

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1. Soil Health

Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication: Dr

Karen Johnson (Durham University)

The Committee received an oral briefing from its specialist adviser.


Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication: Alan

Neale



Rame Peninsula Beach Care

Plymouth Marine Laboratory University of Exeter CHEM Trust Plymouth University Fidra World Animal Protection UK Kings College London British Plastics Federation Fauna and Flora International 5 Gyres Institute Royal Society of Chemistry Greenpeace UK Plastic Oceans Environmental Investigation Agency CEFAS Brunel University Marine Conservation Society Dr Amy Lusher Grantham Institute Keep Britain Tidy Thomas Stanton Richard A Shires Cosmetics Europe


Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication

Letter from Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP to Chair Letter from Chair to Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP

[Adjourned until 2pm on Tuesday 26th April

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Monday 25th April 2016

The Chair and John Mc Nally visited Leeds in a representative capacity in accordance

with the Committee’s resolution of 2nd March.

Meeting held on

Tuesday 26th April

Members present:


3. Sustainability and the Department for Transport

The Committee received an oral briefing from the National Audit Office on its report into Sustainability and the Department for Transport.

Lucy Chadwick, Director General for International, Security and Environment, Rosalind Wall, Head of Environment Strategy, and Emma Campbell, Head of Environment and International Transport Analysis, Department for Transport, gave oral evidence.



DEFRA

[Adjourned until 2:15pm on Wednesday 27th April

Meeting held on

Wednesday 27th April

Members present: Mary Creagh, in the Chair

Caroline Ansell Peter Heaton-Jones Geraint Davies John Mc Nally

Luke Hall Rebecca Pow

Peter Aldous Caroline Lucas Geraint Davies John Mc Nally Mr Peter Lilley Rebecca Pow

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5. Soil Health

Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Maggie Charnley, Natural Capital Committee Secretariat, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave oral evidence.


Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for

publication:

Novamont


Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for

publication:

Society for the Environment

[Adjourned until 3:30pm on Monday 9th May

Meeting held on

Monday 9th May

Members present:



Dr Erik van Sebille, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College, Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of Exeter, and Professor Frank Kelly, Professor of Environmental Health, King's Collage London gave oral evidence.

Peter Aldous Caroline Lucas Caroline Ansell John Mc Nally

Margaret Greenwood Rebecca Pow Peter Heaton-Jones

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Neals Yard Remedies



Environment Agency

3. Soil Health


Jim Harris Anonymous Contaminated Land Officer Correspondence between Defra and CIEH

4. Anti-Advocacy Clauses

Ordered, That the Chair write to Matthew Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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[Adjourned until 2:15pm on Wednesday 24th May

Appendix

Declaration of Members’ Interests: 2015-16

Mary Creagh, (Wakefield)

Nil

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Geraint Davies, (Swansea West)

Nil

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Irranca-Davies, Huw (Ogmore)

Employment and earnings

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Surveys completed for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.

£75 was paid direct to a local organisation for a survey I completed on 23 June 2014.

Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 24 June 2014)

£75 was paid direct to a local organisation for a survey I completed on 5 July 2014. Hours: 20 mins.

(Registered 07 July 2014)

£75 was paid direct to an organisation for a survey I completed on 28 October 2014. Hours: 20 mins.

(Registered 07 November 2014)

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£75 was paid direct to charity for November 2014 MP panel survey. Hours: 20 mins (Registered 15 December

2014)

£75 was paid direct to charity for January-February 2015 MP panel survey. Hours: 20 mins (Registered 29

May 2015)

Surveys completed for Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:

£80 was paid direct to an organisation for a survey I completed. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 11 July 2014)

Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year

Holiday home in West Glamorgan

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Aldous, Peter (Waveney)

Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Mrs May Reader Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000

Date received: 7 April 2015 Date accepted: 7 April 2015 Donor status: individual (Registered 08 June 2015)

Name of donor: Mrs May Reader Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: use of office

accommodation valued at £2,400 per annum (registered together with donation of 7 April 2015) Date received: 7 April 2015

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Date accepted: 7 April 2015 Donor status:

individual (Registered 08 June 2015)

Name of donor: David Bliss Address of

donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Date received: 1 April

2015 Date accepted: 1 April 2015 Donor status: individual (Registered 08 June 2015)

Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris Address of donor:

private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 1 April 2015

Date accepted: 1 April 2015

Donor status: individual (Registered 08 June

2015)

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Partner in a family farm in Halesworth, Suffolk: (i) and (ii) Beneficial interest in a farm near Ipswich, Suffolk: (i) and (ii) Through the above farms, member of the NFU and CLA Patron of the Aldersgate Group

Member, Countryside Alliance

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Ansell, Caroline (Eastbourne)

Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or

indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Irene Souliotis Address of

donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000

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Donor status: individual (Registered 29 May

2015)

Name of donor: United and Cecil Club

Address of donor: Breckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN Amount of donation or nature

and value if donation in kind: £5,000

Donor status: members' association (Registered 29

May 2015)

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my husband, Nicholas Ansell, as a full time Personal Assistant. (Registered 29 May 2015)

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Churchill, Jo (Bury St Edmunds)


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8 May 2015, received £723.10 as a director of South Lincolnshire Scaffolding Ltd, r/o Sallow Holt, Gelston

Road, Hough on the Hill NG32 2BH. Hours: no hours worked since election. (Registered 04 June 2015)

Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party

organisation

Name of donor: H Stennett Address of donor: private



2015)


House in Grantham: (i) (Registered 04 June 2015) Three flats in Grantham: (i) (Registered 04 June 2015) House in Newark: (i) (Registered 04 June 2015)

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Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

South Lincolnshire Scaffolding Ltd. (Registered 04 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Trustee of South Lincolnshire Scaffolding Pension Fund. (Registered 04 June 2015)

Directorship 50% of South Lincolnshire Scaffolding (non-functioning). (Registered 04 June 2015)

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Goldsmith, Zac (Richmond Park)




Fitzdares Holdings Ltd (bespoke bookmaker)

Ecosystems Ltd (ecology website); dissolved 13 January 2015. (Updated 5 June 2015)

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Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

All Star Leisure Group; ten pin bowling. My interest became registrable on 5 April 2015. (Registered 05

June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Partnership in a film. No income received to date.

1) Investment in WHEB Ventures Private Equity LP. I receive no income and nor do I have any influence

on the investments made.

2) Ecosystems Limited (Ecologist website), shareholder, company closed and struck off from the companies house register on 13 January 2015.

I am a trustee and director for:

1) The Rain forest Foundation UK

2) The Royal Parks Foundation

3) The Countryside Restoration Trust I am a

trustee for:

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1) The Aspinall Foundation

My brother Ben Goldsmith is a founding partner of WHEB LLP, which is the holding entity (or “topco” for three FSA approved entities that are investment advisers/managers. These are WHEB Capital Partners LLP (“WHEB Partners”), WHEB Asset Management LLP (“WAM”) and WHEB Infrastructure Partners LLP

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(“WIP”). WHEB Partners is a private equity manager of two funds, WAM manages a long equity listed securities FSA regulated fund, and WIP focuses on renewable energy generation infrastructure projects. These businesses may invest in environmental sectors and clean technology. I have no investments in any of the above entities.

Greenwood, Margaret (Wirral West)


12 May 2015, received £5,250 as web consultant to University College London, UCL Finance Division, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Hours: no hours since the Election. (Registered 04 June 2015)


organisation

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Name of donor: Robert Mottram Address of

donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual

(Registered 04 June 2015)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Jean Robb Address of donor:

private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: accommodation provided between 23 March

- 7 May 2015; value £1,040

Date received: 23 March 2015 Date accepted: 23 March 2015 Donor status: individual (Registered 04 June 2015)

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Hall, Luke (Thornbury and Yate)



Name of donor: Neil Record Address of donor: private



2015)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Mr Simon and Mrs Antoinette Hall Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to cover personal

expenses during the long campaign period Date received: 12

January 2015

Date accepted: 12 January 2015

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Donor status: individuals (Registered 03 June

2015)

Name of donor: Farmfoods Freezer Centres

Address of donor: 1507 Coventry Road, Yardley, Birmingham B25 8LW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: as a gesture of goodwill by my former employer, given the use of a company car 7-22 May 2015, approx. value £350

Date received: 7 May 2015

Date accepted: 7 May 2015 Donor status: company, registration SC143911 (Registered 03 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Annie Hall’s Poultry Farm in Gloucestershire (mother’s).

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Harris, Carolyn (Swansea East)

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Heaton-Jones, Peter (North Devon)



Name of donor: Lord Harris of Peckham Address of



Name of donor: United and Cecil Club

Address of donor: 18 Thorney Lane North, Iver, Buckinghamshire SL0 9JY Amount of donation or

nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500

Donor status: members' association (Registered 05

June 2015)

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Name of donor: Herbert Malek Address of




House in Wiltshire: (i) and (ii) (Registered 05 June 2015)

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Lilley, Peter (Hitchin and Harpenden)


Non-executive Director of IDOX plc (formerly i-documentsystems group plc); information advisory

services, document management software and systems.

Address: Chancery Exchange, 10 Furnival St, London EC4A 1AB:

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25 June 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02 July 2014)

25 July 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 24 July 2014)

25 August 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10

September 2014)

25 September 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 02

October 2014)

25 October 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21

November 2014)

25 November 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 03

December 2014)

27 December 2014, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 07

January 2015)

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25 January 2015, monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 25 February 2015)

25 February 2015 monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 25 February

2015)

25 March 2015 monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 26 March 2015)

25 April 2015 monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 12 May 2015)

25 May 2015 monthly payment of £2,083. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 28 May 2015)

Until November 2014 (Updated 21 November 2014), non-executive director of Tethys Petroleum Limited. Address: Univers ity House, 11-13 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1W 0EX; registered at 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Is lands (Updated 6 January 2014). Gas and oil exploration and producing company operating exclusively in Central As ia (Updated 15 July 2014).

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1 July 2014, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business development.

Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 14 July 2014)

1 October 2014, quarterly payment of £11,750 for attending meetings and advising on business

development. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 02 October 2014)

10 December 2014, final payment of £6,000. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 08 January

2015)

Member of the Advisory Board of YiMei Capital, which is engaged in asset management in China for local and international investors. Address: 719, West Office, Shanghai Centre, 1376 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai, P.R.C. Commitment to attend 2 or 3 meetings each year, at least one in China, and to respond to requests for advice. Remuneration: £30,000 pa. (Registered 12 December 2013)

From November 2014, member of the Advisory Council of the Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs, which is a forum for discussion of Central Asia’s relationship with the European Union. Remuneration: £15,000 pa. (Registered 03 December 2014)

Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

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Tethys Petroleum Ltd (share options which lapsed in November 2014) (Updated 7 January 2015)

Miscellaneous

I am British Co-Chairman of the Uzbek British Trade and Industry Council (UBTIC) from 17 July 2012 until November 2014 (Updated 21 November 2014). (Registered

11 October 2012)

I am an unpaid director of Facor Energy Limited (Guernsey), a shell company which is not yet trading, established by Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited. Address: Suite 401, Plot 5, Jasola, New Delhi, 110025, India.(Registered 09 September 2013)

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (non- pecuniary) to which I was appointed in July 2015.

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Lynch, Holly (Halifax)

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Name of donor: Communication Workers Union (CWU)

Address of donor: 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1RX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £600 received on 9 April 2014

Donor status: trade union (Registered 04

June 2015)

Name of donor: Communication Workers Union (CWU)

Address of donor: 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1RX

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 received on 22 May 2015 Donor status: trade union (Registered 04 June 2015)

Vice-Chair of the All-Parliamentary Group on Population development and Reproductive Health

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Lucas, Caroline (Brighton, Pavilion)


£1,500 received from Hat Trick Productions, 33 Oval Road, London NW1 7EA, for an appearance on ‘Have I got News For You’ on 6 November 2014. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 20 November 2014)


organisation

I am registering these donations to the Green Party of England and Wales in

support of activity related to the general election campaign because a proportion of

the funds will be spent on my campaign in Brighton Pavilion.

Name of donor: Martin D. A. Stanley Address of donor:

private


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Date of receipt: 10 June 2014 Date of acceptance: 10 June 2014 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 August 2014)

Name of donor: Rupert Read Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 Date of receipt: 15 July 2014 Date of acceptance: 15 July 2014 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 August 2014)

Name of donor: John Pemberton Address

of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 Date of receipt: 21 July

2014 Date of acceptance: 21 July 2014 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 August 2014)

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Name of donor: Bevis Gillett Address of

donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 Date of receipt: 1 August 2014

Date of acceptance: 1 August 2014

Donor status: individual (Registered 01

September 2014)

Name of donor: Cathy Debenham Address of donor: private


Date of receipt: 11 August 2014 Date of acceptance: 13 August 2014 Donor status: individual (Registered 01 September 2014)

Name of donor: Tom Roddick Address of donor: private


Date of receipt: 17 October 2014

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Date of acceptance: 17 October 2014 Donor status:

individual

(Registered 23 October 2014)

Name of donor: Matthew Oakeshott Address of donor:

private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date of receipt: 14

January 2015 Date of acceptance: 14 January 2015 Donor status: individual

(Registered 15 January 2015)

Name of donor: RMT Union

Address of donor: 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000 Date of receipt: 16 December 2014

Date of acceptance: 14 January 2015

Donor status: trade union (Registered 18

February 2015)

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Miscellaneous

Shares (not registrable under Category 9) in Brighton and Hove Energy Co-op. (Registered 20 December

2012)

Unremunerated director of Good Money CIC, Brighton and Hove. (Registered 22 October 2014)

Shares (not registrable under Category 9) in Westmill Wind Farm Cooperative Ltd.

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Mc Nally, John (Falkirk)


On 1 June 2015, resigned as Councillor for Falkirk Council, Municipal Buildings, Falkirk FK1 5RS. Awaiting final

payment. (Registered 08 June 2015)

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Owner of a hair salon, The Barber Shop, 38a Stirling Street, Denny FK6 6DJ. Paid

£600 per month in rent and for working Saturday mornings. Hours: 4 hrs per week. (Registered 08 June

2015)


The Barber Shop; hair salon. (Registered 08 June 2015)

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Pow, Rebecca (Taunton Deane)


2 June 2015, received £2,050.40 from Somerset Chamber of Commerce, Equity House, Blackbrook Park Ave, Taunton TA1 2PX for a course delivered before the election. (Registered 02 June 2015)


organisation

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Name of donor: Philip Gibbs Address of



Name of donor: Robert Brooks Address of



Name of donor: Stalbury Trustees

Address of donor: 61 Hill Street, London W1J 5LS Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 01430799


Name of donor: Bert Weigman Address of

donor: private

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Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual


Name of donor: Ben Goldsmith Address of

donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: individual



House in Somerset: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)

House in Somerset, owned jointly with my sister: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)

Agricultural land owned jointly with other family members: (i) and (ii) inc luding income from a telecom mast.


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Commercial building in Somerset, of which I own a 10 percent share: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Trustee of Somerset Wildlife Trust, unpaid. (Registered 02 June 2015)

Council Member of Royal Bath-West Society, unpaid. (Registered 02 June 2015) Garden Media Guild

Member, WWF

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Smith, Jeff (Manchester, Withington)


I received the following payments for my role as a Councillor for Manchester City Council, Albert Square, Manchester M60 2LA:

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15 May 2015, received £988.66 for services performed between 1 May 2015 and 11

May 2015. Hours: 60 hrs. (Registered 04 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Member of Friends of the Earth Member/supporter of Greenpeace Member/supporter of Oxfam

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