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• Formal minutes for 15 July 2026

  Wednesday 22 July 2026 @ 15:40

• Letter from Defra on future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the EU 07.07.2026

  Wednesday 15 July 2026 @ 14:15

• Formal minutes for 23 June 2026

  Wednesday 15 July 2026 @ 14:00

• Declarations of interest - July 2026

  Wednesday 15 July 2026 @ 09:45

• Government response to Environment and Climate Change Committee report ‘Surviving drought: reclaim the rain’

  Tuesday 14 July 2026 @ 16:50

• Formal minutes for 17 June 2026

  Tuesday 23 June 2026 @ 13:38

• Letter to Defra on future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the EU 17.06.2026

  Wednesday 17 June 2026 @ 14:30

• Formal minutes for 10 June 2026

  Wednesday 17 June 2026 @ 14:15

• Letter to DESNZ Secretary of State on Setting the Seventh Carbon Budget 16.06.2026

  Tuesday 16 June 2026 @ 15:05

• Letter to Defra on Farming Profitability Review 16.06.2026

  Tuesday 16 June 2026 @ 15:02

• Letter from DESNZ Secretary of State on Setting the Seventh Carbon Budget 02.06.2026

  Wednesday 10 June 2026 @ 14:40

• Letter from Defra on Farming Profitability Review 01.06.2026

  Wednesday 10 June 2026 @ 14:35

• Formal minutes for 3 June 2026

  Wednesday 10 June 2026 @ 14:10

• Declarations of interest - June 2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 16:35

• Letter to the Environment Agency on 25 March oral evidence session follow-up on waste crime 04.06.2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 11:00

• Letter from Defra on future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the EU 28.05.2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 10:40

• Letter from the Environment Agency on high priority waste sites list 22.05.2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 10:35

• Letter from the Environment Agency on 25 March oral evidence session follow-up on waste crime 19.05.2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 10:30

• Formal minutes for 20 May 2026

  Thursday 4 June 2026 @ 10:25

• 3rd Report - Surviving drought: reclaim the rain

  Thursday 21 May 2026 @ 00:01

• Letter from DESNZ on Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery 29.04.2026

  Wednesday 20 May 2026 @ 14:20

• Letter to DESNZ on Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 15.05.2026

  Tuesday 19 May 2026 @ 10:00

• Letter to the Environment Agency on waste crime letter dated 24 March with corrected data 13.05.2026

  Wednesday 13 May 2026 @ 15:45

• Letter from the Environment Agency on waste crime letter dated 24 March with corrected data 22.04.2026

  Monday 27 April 2026 @ 15:58

• Letter from DESNZ on Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 17.04.2026

  Monday 27 April 2026 @ 15:55

• Letter from Defra on Joint Fisheries Statement 24.03.2026

  Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 15:15

• Letter from the Environment Agency on waste crime oral evidence session pre-questions 24.03.2026

  Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 15:13

• Letter from SoS for Defra on waste crime and publication of Waste Crime Action Plan 23.03.2026

  Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 15:00

• Letter from Baroness Hayman for Defra on waste crime 23.03.2026

  Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 14:58

• Letter from the Environment Agency on 10 Point Action Plan on waste crime 20.03.2026

  Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 14:55

• Letter from SoS for Defra on Land Use Framework 18.03.2026

  Wednesday 25 March 2026 @ 15:45

• Letter from Defra on SPS Agreement Update 09.03.2026

  Wednesday 18 March 2026 @ 15:50

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Climate on COP30 Priorities 03.03.2026

  Thursday 12 March 2026 @ 13:45

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the OEP on the apppointment of an interim Chair 25.02.2026

  Wednesday 25 February 2026 @ 14:35

• Letter from the OEP on the appointment of an interim Chair 05.02.2026

  Wednesday 11 February 2026 @ 15:00

• Letter from DESNZ Minister of State for Energy on Low Carbon Dispatchable CfD for Drax Power Ltd 05.02.2026

  Wednesday 11 February 2026 @ 14:55

• Declarations of interest - February 2026

  Tuesday 10 February 2026 @ 14:35

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Baroness Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defra on waste crime 03.02.2026

  Tuesday 3 February 2026 @ 16:00

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for DESNZ on COP30 Priorities 28.01.2026

  Wednesday 28 January 2026 @ 14:40

• Letter from Baroness Hayman to Baroness Sheehan on waste crime 26.01.2026

  Wednesday 28 January 2026 @ 14:00

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Dame Glenys Stacey Chair of the OEP on Protected Wildlife Sites report 16.01.2026

  Friday 16 January 2026 @ 10:35

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Defra on Farming Profitability Review 14.01.2026

  Wednesday 14 January 2026 @ 14:05

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy on Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery 05.01.2026

  Wednesday 14 January 2026 @ 14:00

• Letter from Defra on Farming Profitability Review 18.12.2025

  Wednesday 7 January 2026 @ 13:57

• Letter from Environment Agency on waste crime 16.12.2025

  Wednesday 7 January 2026 @ 13:52

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for Defra on waste crime 15.12.2025

  Monday 15 December 2025 @ 17:00

• Letter from DESNZ Minister of State for Industry on UK Emissions Trading Scheme 04.12.25

  Wednesday 10 December 2025 @ 16:40

• Letter from Chair of OEP on protected wildlife sites report 04.12.25

  Wednesday 10 December 2025 @ 16:35

• Letter from Defra on Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 01.12.2025

  Wednesday 10 December 2025 @ 16:30

• Letter from SoS for Defra on waste crime 09.12.25

  Wednesday 10 December 2025 @ 14:25

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the Environment Agency on waste crime 05.12.2025

  Friday 5 December 2025 @ 00:02

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy Consumers on Clean Heat Market Mechanism (Amendment) Regulation 2025 25.11.25

  Wednesday 3 December 2025 @ 16:25

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to DESNZ Minister of State for Energy on Low Carbon Dispatchable CfD for Drax Power Ltd 19.11.25

  Wednesday 19 November 2025 @ 15:40

• Letter from SoS for DESNZ on COP30 Priorities 05.11.25

  Wednesday 12 November 2025 @ 14:23

• Letter from DESNZ Minister of State for Energy on Low Carbon Dispatchable CfD for Drax Power Ltd 05.11.25

  Wednesday 12 November 2025 @ 14:20

• Declaration of interests - November 2025

  Wednesday 12 November 2025 @ 14:10

• Letter from SoS for DESNZ on Government's plan for meeting carbon budgets 4-6 29.10.25

  Wednesday 5 November 2025 @ 13:45

• Letter from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on Indoor Air Quality 25.10.25

  Wednesday 29 October 2025 @ 13:55

• Policy Letter to SoS for Defra on waste crime 28.10.25

  Tuesday 28 October 2025 @ 00:01

• Letter from Defra Minister of State in response to 10.09.25 letter on FCP and FIP 07.10.25

  Wednesday 22 October 2025 @ 13:45

• Government Response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse'

  Thursday 9 October 2025 @ 12:00

• Declaration of interests - September 2025

  Friday 12 September 2025 @ 10:20

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for Defra on 27.11.2024 Oral Evidence Session 10.09.25

  Wednesday 10 September 2025 @ 16:30

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Defra Minister of State on FCP Progress 10.09.25

  Wednesday 10 September 2025 @ 16:25

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Defra Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on Indoor Air Quality 10.09.2025

  Wednesday 10 September 2025 @ 16:20

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for DESNZ and Defra on Climate and Nature Announcement 03.09.25

  Wednesday 3 September 2025 @ 15:33

• Letter from Defra Minister of State to Baroness Sheehan on FCP Progress 01.09.2025

  Wednesday 3 September 2025 @ 15:30

• Letter from Defra Minister for Water and Flooding to Baroness Sheehan on Indoor Air Quality 01.09.2025

  Wednesday 3 September 2025 @ 15:27

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery 22.07.2025

  Wednesday 3 September 2025 @ 15:20

• Letter from SoS for Defra to Baroness Sheehan on 27.11.2024 Oral Evidence Session 18.07.2025

  Wednesday 3 September 2025 @ 15:18

• 2nd Report - Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse

  Thursday 24 July 2025 @ 00:01

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for Defra, HCLG and HSC on Nitrogen Indoor Air Quality 15.07.2025

  Thursday 17 July 2025 @ 14:07

• Letter from SoS for DEZNS and Defra to Baroness Sheehan on Climate and Nature Announcement 14.07.2025

  Wednesday 16 July 2025 @ 12:00

• Letter from DESNZ SoS to Baroness Sheehan on Chair of the CCC 04.07.2025

  Wednesday 9 July 2025 @ 15:30

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery 01.07.2025

  Wednesday 9 July 2025 @ 15:27

• Letter from DESNZ SoS to Baroness Sheehan on Draft National Policy Statement on nuclear energy generation 13.06.2025

  Wednesday 25 June 2025 @ 14:35

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy Consumers to Baroness Sheehan on Laying of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2025 12.06.2025

  Wednesday 25 June 2025 @ 14:25

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to OEP on nitrogen reduction target from wastewater 04.06.2025

  Wednesday 4 June 2025 @ 15:30

• Letter from DESNZ SoS to Baroness Sheehan on OCEJ, Energy Skills Passport, Heathrow 19.05.2025

  Wednesday 4 June 2025 @ 15:15

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on Biomass Generation 14.05.2025

  Thursday 22 May 2025 @ 14:50

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ follow up on previous letter on Grangemouth OCEJ 30.04.2025

  Wednesday 30 April 2025 @ 13:15

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ follow up on previous letter on NDC 30.04.2025

  Wednesday 30 April 2025 @ 13:10

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for Defra follow up on previous letter on oral evidence 30.04.2025

  Wednesday 30 April 2025 @ 13:05

• Letter from Chair of OEP to Baroness Sheehan on follow up to oral evidence session 11.04.2025

  Friday 25 April 2025 @ 15:40

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to DESNZ Minister for Energy on Biomass Generation 22.04.2025

  Tuesday 22 April 2025 @ 15:42

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Nuclear Response 24.03.2025

  Thursday 3 April 2025 @ 13:25

• Declaration of interests - February 2025

  Wednesday 26 March 2025 @ 16:30

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on Biomass Generation 11.03.2025

  Thursday 20 March 2025 @ 11:40

• Letter from DESNZ Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on Onshore Wind Projects 10.03.2025

  Thursday 20 March 2025 @ 11:30

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on Nuclear Regulation Review 05.03.2025

  Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:45

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Oral Evidence Session Follow-up 04.03.2025

  Wednesday 12 March 2025 @ 14:40

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on CCC 03.03.2024

  Thursday 6 March 2025 @ 14:30

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on Grangemouth OCEJ 12.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 14:10

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on NDC 12.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 14:05

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on Oral Evidence Session Follow-up 10.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 14:00

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Fuel Poverty Strategy 07.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 13:55

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on NDC CCC 06.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 13:45

• Letter from Minister of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Nuclear Regulation Review 06.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 13:45

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Oral Evidence Session Follow-up 03.02.2025

  Thursday 27 February 2025 @ 12:15

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on 2035 NDC 30.01.2025

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:40

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Grangemouth OCEJ 20.01.2025

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:35

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on NDC and CCC 06.01.2025

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:30

• Letter from Minister of State for DEFRA to Baroness Sheehan on Fisheries Management Plans 18.12.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:10

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on 2024 CCC 17.12.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:05

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on 2035 NDC 04.12.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 17:00

• Letter from Minister of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on UK Emissions Trading Scheme 03.12.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:55

• Letter from Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Nature for DEFRA to Baroness Sheehan on Waste 15.11.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:50

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on 2035 NDC 12.11.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:40

• Letter from Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to Baroness Sheehan on Carbon 30.10.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:35

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DESNZ on Grangemouth OCEJ 23.10.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:30

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Secretary of State for DEFRA on Waste 23.10.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:25

• Letter from Minister of State for DEFRA to Baroness Sheehan on Fisheries Management Plans 10.10.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:20

• Letter from Minister for Energy to Baroness Sheehan on Great British Energy 25.09.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:15

• Letter from Secretary of State for DESNZ to Baroness Sheehan on Grangemouth 12.09.2024

  Tuesday 25 February 2025 @ 16:00

• Government Response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'Methane: keep up the momentum'

  Wednesday 12 February 2025 @ 16:00

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the Secretary of State for DEFRA 18.12.2024

  Thursday 19 December 2024 @ 11:25

• 1st Report - Methane: keep up the momentum

  Tuesday 10 December 2024 @ 00:01

• Letter from the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

  Thursday 15 August 2024 @ 00:02

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the Secretary of State for DESNZ 22.05.2024

  Wednesday 22 May 2024 @ 00:01

• Government response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'EV Strategy: rapid recharge needed'

  Friday 19 April 2024 @ 00:01

• DEFRA response to Baroness Sheehan's letter on Hedgerows 05.03.2024

  Wednesday 20 March 2024 @ 00:02

• Letter from Office for Environmental Protection Dame Glenys Stacey to Baroness Sheehan 01.03.2024

  Wednesday 20 March 2024 @ 00:01

• Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the Secretary of Stare for DESNZ 14.02.2024

  Friday 23 February 2024 @ 00:02

• Letter on hedgerows from Baroness Sheehan to the Secretary of State for DEFRA 14.02.2024

  Friday 23 February 2024 @ 00:02

• Letter on deforestation from Baroness Sheehan to the Secretary of State for DEFRA 14.02.2024

  Friday 23 February 2024 @ 00:01

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 24 January 2024

  Tuesday 20 February 2024 @ 00:02

• Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to Baroness Sheehan, 1 February 2024

  Tuesday 20 February 2024 @ 00:01

• 1st Report - EV strategy: rapid recharge needed

  Tuesday 6 February 2024 @ 00:01

• Letter from the Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP to Baroness Parminter and the Environment and Climate Change Committee 2023

  Thursday 11 January 2024 @ 00:01

• MP Anthony Browne Response to Environment and Climate Change Committee Questions 2023

  Thursday 11 January 2024 @ 00:01

• Addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonisation - Summary of consultation responses and government response 2023

  Thursday 11 January 2024 @ 00:01

• Annex A from MP Anthony Browne Response to Environment and Climate Change Committee Questions 2023

  Thursday 11 January 2024 @ 00:01

• Response from the Department of Transport's Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, to letter from Baroness Parminter

  Friday 10 November 2023 @ 00:01

• Government response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'An extraordinary challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our land and sea by 2030'

  Wednesday 8 November 2023 @ 00:01

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP Secretary of State for the Department for Transport

  Friday 22 September 2023 @ 10:55

• 2nd Report - An extraordinary challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our land and sea by 2030

  Wednesday 26 July 2023 @ 00:01

• Letter from Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Secretary of State Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to Baroness Parminter

  Wednesday 14 June 2023 @ 12:00

• Letter from Rt Hon Lord Callanan to Baroness Parminter on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Inquiry

  Tuesday 25 April 2023 @ 16:00

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to Rt Hon Lord Callanan on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Inquiry

  Wednesday 22 February 2023 @ 00:01

• Letter from the Defra Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

  Wednesday 1 February 2023 @ 12:00

• ONS Response to Behaviour Change report

  Tuesday 10 January 2023 @ 10:00

• Government Response Lords ECC Report 20221212

  Wednesday 21 December 2022 @ 12:00

• Letter to the Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP about Defra's competing priorities and future work programme

  Monday 19 December 2022 @ 12:00

• OEP note on resourcing

  Wednesday 30 November 2022 @ 12:30

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to Chris Skidmore on the Net Zero Review

  Thursday 27 October 2022 @ 10:00

• 1st Report - In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals

  Wednesday 12 October 2022 @ 00:01

• Letter from Greg Hands MP, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change to Baroness Parminter

  Tuesday 28 June 2022 @ 12:00

• Environmental Principles Letter from Baroness Parminter to Rebecca Pow MP 23 June 2022

  Friday 24 June 2022 @ 11:00

• Environmental Principles Letter from Rebecca Pow MP to Baroness Parminter 11 May 2022

  Friday 24 June 2022 @ 10:55

• Letter from the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng to Baroness Parminter 11 April 2022

  Monday 2 May 2022 @ 00:00

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to Mr Simon Baugh 220329

  Sunday 3 April 2022 @ 12:00

• Letter from Baroness Parminter to the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng 24 March 2022

  Wednesday 30 March 2022 @ 15:00

• Letter from the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng to Baroness Parminter 4 March 2022

  Wednesday 30 March 2022 @ 15:00

• Letter to Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng - indicators in the Net Zero Strategy

  Wednesday 16 February 2022 @ 10:00

• COP26 Letter from Alok Sharma

  Monday 10 January 2022 @ 18:00

• COP15 Letter to George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  Monday 13 December 2021 @ 10:01

• Letter from George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  Thursday 25 November 2021 @ 09:00

• Letter to Alok Sharma MP COP26 President-Designate

  Monday 1 November 2021 @ 10:00

• Letter to the Leader of the House of Lords - COP26 Government Engagement

  Monday 25 October 2021 @ 12:00

• COP15 Letter to George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  Monday 26 July 2021 @ 08:00

• Declarations of Interest

  Friday 16 July 2021 @ 12:00