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Division Votes
23 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 284 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 286
23 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 361 Noes - 84
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 276 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 280
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 271 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 156 Noes - 273
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 270 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 272
24 Feb 2026 - Online Harm: Child Protection - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 69 Noes - 279
2 Mar 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 10 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 203
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context Martin Rhodes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 311

Speeches
Martin Rhodes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Martin Rhodes contributed 2 speeches (89 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office
Martin Rhodes speeches from: Business of the House Martin Rhodes contributed 1 speech (77 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House
Martin Rhodes speeches from: Commonwealth Troops: First World War Martin Rhodes contributed 2 speeches (535 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence
Martin Rhodes speeches from: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Martin Rhodes contributed 1 speech (323 words) Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Martin Rhodes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Martin Rhodes contributed 1 speech (34 words) Wednesday 25th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office

Written Answers
Medicine: Research Asked by: Martin Rhodes (Labour - Glasgow North) Monday 2nd March 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support higher education institutions with health research. Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is the United Kingdom’s largest funder of health and care research training. NIHR delivers a comprehensive research career pathway, from internships and predoctoral fellowships through to research professorships, for the full range of clinical and non-clinical academics, providing the skilled research workforce in universities to lead research. The NIHR invests over £220 million each year in research training programmes. Furthermore, the Department is working with the devolved administrations, other funders, and wider stakeholders to implement the recommendations from the recent Office for the Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research reports, to ensure there is a comprehensive, clear, and rewarding career pathway for clinical academics in health and care research. This includes the introduction of Clinical Future Leaders Fellowships, which will expand national support for clinical academic careers. The Department, through the NIHR, invests in centres of excellence and collaborations, services, and facilities to enable and deliver research in England. Collectively these form the NIHR infrastructure. NIHR infrastructure helps to support and deliver research across the National Health Service and wider health and care system, including universities. The NIHR infrastructure supports patients and the public to participate in high quality research. The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments. By investing in research across public health and social care, NIHR enables universities to address wider determinants of health, support independence, reduce inequalities, and inform local decision-making. Dedicated NIHR programmes and infrastructure work alongside Higher Education Institutions to conduct research in community, local authority, and other non-clinical settings, ensuring evidence is generated where it is most needed and can be translated into meaningful improvements in care and services.

Written Answers

Medicine: Research
Asked by: Martin Rhodes (Labour - Glasgow North)
Monday 2nd March 2026

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support higher education institutions with health research.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is the United Kingdom’s largest funder of health and care research training. NIHR delivers a comprehensive research career pathway, from internships and predoctoral fellowships through to research professorships, for the full range of clinical and non-clinical academics, providing the skilled research workforce in universities to lead research. The NIHR invests over £220 million each year in research training programmes.

Furthermore, the Department is working with the devolved administrations, other funders, and wider stakeholders to implement the recommendations from the recent Office for the Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research reports, to ensure there is a comprehensive, clear, and rewarding career pathway for clinical academics in health and care research. This includes the introduction of Clinical Future Leaders Fellowships, which will expand national support for clinical academic careers.

The Department, through the NIHR, invests in centres of excellence and collaborations, services, and facilities to enable and deliver research in England. Collectively these form the NIHR infrastructure. NIHR infrastructure helps to support and deliver research across the National Health Service and wider health and care system, including universities. The NIHR infrastructure supports patients and the public to participate in high quality research. The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.

By investing in research across public health and social care, NIHR enables universities to address wider determinants of health, support independence, reduce inequalities, and inform local decision-making. Dedicated NIHR programmes and infrastructure work alongside Higher Education Institutions to conduct research in community, local authority, and other non-clinical settings, ensuring evidence is generated where it is most needed and can be translated into meaningful improvements in care and services.

Early Day Motions
Tuesday 24th February Scotland Loves Local Week 4 signatures (Most recent: 4 Mar 2026) Tabled by: Martin Rhodes (Labour - Glasgow North) That this House celebrates Scotland Loves Local Week which is essential in highlighting the importance of local businesses and social enterprises for the prosperity of our communities; commends Scotland's Towns Partnerships for their hard work leading this campaign; recognises and supports the campaigns theme of Flying the Flag for Local …

Early Day Motions

Tuesday 24th February

Scotland Loves Local Week

4 signatures (Most recent: 4 Mar 2026)
Tabled by: Martin Rhodes (Labour - Glasgow North)
That this House celebrates Scotland Loves Local Week which is essential in highlighting the importance of local businesses and social enterprises for the prosperity of our communities; commends Scotland's Towns Partnerships for their hard work leading this campaign; recognises and supports the campaigns theme of Flying the Flag for Local …

Early Day Motions Signed
Wednesday 4th March Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th March 2026 PANS+ Scotland 12 signatures (Most recent: 24 Mar 2026) Tabled by: Katrina Murray (Labour - Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) That this House recognises the serious impact that Paediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), including its better-known sub-condition Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS), can have on affected children, young people and their families; notes that these conditions are understood to arise from a misdirected immune response …
Monday 23rd February Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th March 2026 Government response to Israel’s West Bank annexation plan 72 signatures (Most recent: 24 Mar 2026) Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) That this House notes the Israeli Government’s 15 February approval of a plan to register land in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank as Israeli state property; strongly condemns this illegal plan to seize yet more Palestinian land; further notes the statement backed by 85 UN Member States, …
Monday 2nd March Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Wednesday 4th March 2026 Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal 2026 36 signatures (Most recent: 17 Mar 2026) Tabled by: Kenneth Stevenson (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts) That this House notes the Great Daffodil Appeal 2026, which is Marie Curie's flagship annual fundraising campaign, held every March, when people from all corners of the UK wear a daffodil badge to show their support for people with terminal illness; further notes that the Great Daffodil Appeal has now …
Monday 23rd February Martin Rhodes signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 26th February 2026 Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund’s Wee Box Appeal 2026 5 signatures (Most recent: 26 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Patricia Ferguson (Labour - Glasgow West) That this House welcomes the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund’s (SCIAF) 2026 Wee Box Appeal; understands that this year’s Wee Box Appeal highlights SCIAF’s work in Ethiopia to support women, young girls and boys who walk for hours under the scorching sun just to find water, risking their safety as …
Wednesday 11th February Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th February 2026 117th anniversary of the West Stanley Pit Disaster 14 signatures (Most recent: 24 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Luke Akehurst (Labour - North Durham) That this House commemorates the 117th anniversary of the West Stanley Pit Disaster of 1909 on 16 February 2026; remembers the 168 men and boys who died in the explosion and its aftermath, and the extraordinary bravery of those who risked their own lives to rescue others; acknowledges the scale …
Tuesday 6th January Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Monday 23rd February 2026 Marking the 60th anniversary of the University of the Air White Paper 39 signatures (Most recent: 6 Mar 2026) Tabled by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) That this House marks the 60 years since the publication of the White Paper, “University of the Air”, which paved the way for the creation of The Open University; celebrates the legacy of Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge, who was the driving force behind the paper; recognises the impact …
Monday 15th December Martin Rhodes signed this EDM on Monday 23rd February 2026 Higher education pension cuts 30 signatures (Most recent: 23 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) That this House expresses its alarm at the growing number of higher education institutions deploying approaches which are having a negative impact on the pension schemes of academics and staff, including through fire and rehire proposals and other approaches tantamount to forcing workers onto worse contracts, terms and conditions; further …

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5 Mar 2026, 10:07 a.m. - House of Commons "Glasgow will host cyber UK, where the government will launch the National Cyber Action Plan. Martin Rhodes I thank. " Dan Jarvis MP, Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Barnsley North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
5 Mar 2026, 2:26 p.m. - House of Commons "midst is very important. As is highlighting the Neuve-chapelle Memorial to the Indians on the Western Front as well. Martin Rhodes. " Martin Rhodes MP (Glasgow North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
11 Mar 2026, 12:32 p.m. - House of Commons " Martin Rhodes. Mr. speaker, the " Martin Rhodes MP (Glasgow North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Calendar
Tuesday 24th March 2026 11:30 a.m. Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Energy Security and Net Zero (including Topical Questions) Roz Savage: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Iqbal Mohamed: Whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on global taxes on oil and gas companies in the context of the proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Josh Fenton-Glynn: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Danny Beales: What steps he is taking to increase grid capacity in west London. Michael Wheeler: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sonia Kumar: What steps he is taking to help prevent increases in energy bills for households. Stuart Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Liz Jarvis: What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills. Jo White: What steps he is taking to attract private sector investment for a fusion reactor. Stephen Gethins: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Stephen Gethins: What steps his Department is taking to support communities in Scotland with the cost of energy bills. Helen Morgan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Callum Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sarah Hall: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of methane harvested from landfill sites on energy security. John Cooper: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Helen Morgan: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for implementing Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in relation to electric lines. Chris Murray: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Middle East conflict on energy security. Mark Sewards: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Kevin McKenna: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sarah Gibson: What recent progress he has made on improving connections to the electricity grid. Mary Glindon: What discussions he has had with private sector representatives on securing investment in clean energy industries. Angus MacDonald: What steps he is taking to support rural homes that use heating oil. Blake Stephenson: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the conflict in Iran on energy prices. James Wild: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills. Peter Lamb: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Warm Homes Plan on levels of fuel poverty in Crawley constituency. Martin Rhodes: What steps his Department is taking to help terminally ill people with increased energy costs. Chris Coghlan: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for energy security research and development on the economy. Charlie Dewhirst: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills. Leigh Ingham: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that solar energy development protects rural land. Mohammad Yasin: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets. Wendy Morton: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills. Tristan Osborne: What steps he is taking to increase the production of domestic clean power in supporting energy security. Daniel Zeichner: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets. Peter Fortune: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills. Helen Maguire: What steps he is taking to help consumers with the cost of energy bills. View calendar - Add to calendar

Calendar

Tuesday 24th March 2026 11:30 a.m.
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Energy Security and Net Zero (including Topical Questions)
Roz Savage: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Iqbal Mohamed: Whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on global taxes on oil and gas companies in the context of the proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
Josh Fenton-Glynn: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Danny Beales: What steps he is taking to increase grid capacity in west London.
Michael Wheeler: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sonia Kumar: What steps he is taking to help prevent increases in energy bills for households.
Stuart Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Liz Jarvis: What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Jo White: What steps he is taking to attract private sector investment for a fusion reactor.
Stephen Gethins: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Stephen Gethins: What steps his Department is taking to support communities in Scotland with the cost of energy bills.
Helen Morgan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Callum Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Hall: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of methane harvested from landfill sites on energy security.
John Cooper: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Helen Morgan: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for implementing Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in relation to electric lines.
Chris Murray: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Middle East conflict on energy security.
Mark Sewards: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Kevin McKenna: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Gibson: What recent progress he has made on improving connections to the electricity grid.
Mary Glindon: What discussions he has had with private sector representatives on securing investment in clean energy industries.
Angus MacDonald: What steps he is taking to support rural homes that use heating oil.
Blake Stephenson: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the conflict in Iran on energy prices.
James Wild: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Peter Lamb: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Warm Homes Plan on levels of fuel poverty in Crawley constituency.
Martin Rhodes: What steps his Department is taking to help terminally ill people with increased energy costs.
Chris Coghlan: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for energy security research and development on the economy.
Charlie Dewhirst: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Leigh Ingham: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that solar energy development protects rural land.
Mohammad Yasin: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Wendy Morton: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Tristan Osborne: What steps he is taking to increase the production of domestic clean power in supporting energy security.
Daniel Zeichner: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Peter Fortune: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Helen Maguire: What steps he is taking to help consumers with the cost of energy bills.
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Parliamentary Debates
Commonwealth Troops: First World War 39 speeches (10,557 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) paid a fulsome tribute to Commonwealth troops. - Link to Speech 2: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) mentioned the importance of education and communication - Link to Speech
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity 64 speeches (9,550 words) Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) Roz Savage and Jim Shannon, and on the Government Benches, we have Barry Gardiner, Terry Jermy, Martin Rhodes - Link to Speech 2: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) raised the issue of our overseas impacts and the - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Debates

Commonwealth Troops: First World War
39 speeches (10,557 words)
Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) paid a fulsome tribute to Commonwealth troops. - Link to Speech
2: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) mentioned the importance of education and communication - Link to Speech

Environmental Protection and Biodiversity
64 speeches (9,550 words)
Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) Roz Savage and Jim Shannon, and on the Government Benches, we have Barry Gardiner, Terry Jermy, Martin Rhodes - Link to Speech
2: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) raised the issue of our overseas impacts and the - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 10th March 2026 Oral Evidence - 2026-03-10 16:15:00+00:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: From the Labour party, there is Sarah Champion, Steve Witherden, Rachael Maskell and Martin Rhodes.
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Natural England, and Environment Agency Environmental Audit Committee Found: Jonathan Davies; Carla Denyer; Barry Gardiner; Chris Hinchliff; Sojan Joseph; Manuela Perteghella; Martin Rhodes
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - The Peat-free Partnership, Horticultural Trades Association, and Moorland Association Environmental Audit Committee Found: Jonathan Davies; Carla Denyer; Barry Gardiner; Chris Hinchliff; Sojan Joseph; Manuela Perteghella; Martin Rhodes
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Report - 8th Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget Environmental Audit Committee Found: Hertfordshire) Sojan Joseph (Labour; Ashford) Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrat; Stratford-on-Avon) Martin Rhodes

Martin Rhodes - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 4th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Ms Sally Nex - Advocate at The Peat-free Partnership David Denny - Director of Research & Knowledge Transfer at Horticultural Trades Association Mr Andrew Gilruth - Chief Executive at Moorland Association At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Gabrielle Edwards - Deputy Director of Access, Landscape, Peatland and Soils at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Alan Law - Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, Natural England at Natural England Craig Rockliff - Head of Biodiversity Data, Nature Regulation & Peatland at Environment Agency View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 10th March 2026 1:30 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Environmental protection policies of DEFRA At 1:45pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP - Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sally Randall - Director General - Environment Group at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Hill - Director General for Strategy and Water at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 11th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Ancient woodlands At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Dr Keith Kirby - Visiting Researcher at University of Oxford Katharine Flach - Biodiversity Data Officer at Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre Nick Philips - Principal Policy Advocate for forestry at Woodland Trust At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Dr Andrew Weatherall - Fellow at Institute of Chartered Foresters Ian Tubby - Head of Policy and Advice at Forestry Commission Steve Knight - independent forester & ecologist consultant at Confederation of Forest Industries - Confor View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 18th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Air Pollution in England At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Professor Martin Clift - Professor of Particle Toxicology and Advanced Human In Vitro Systems at Swansea University Medical School Sarah Legge CEnv, MIES, MIAQM - Vice Chair at Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Larissa Lockwood - Director of Policy and Campaigns at Global Action Plan Matt Towner - Director of Programmes at Impact on Urban Health Ruth Chambers OBE - Senior Fellow at Green Alliance View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 15th April 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Environmental sustainability and housing growth, 25 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in response to the Environmental Audit Committee, the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee relating to The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) and International Climate Finance (ICF), 12 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 27th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in response to the committees letter relating to Data Centres and the Seventh Carbon Budget, 20 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Report - 8th Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Written Evidence - Environment Agency, and Environment Agency PFAS0134 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - The Peat-free Partnership, Horticultural Trades Association, and Moorland Association Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Natural England, and Environment Agency Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Affinity Water PFAS0135 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - The Institution of Civil Engineers SCB0076 - The Seventh Carbon Budget The Seventh Carbon Budget - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Natural England WOOD0001 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Royal Forestry Society WOOD0002 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Forestry and woodlands advisory committees WOOD0003 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning relating to the government response to the committee following the publication of the Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth report, 4 March 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Margaret Mullane MP relating to the management of legacy land fill Parliamentary POST note, 29 January 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport relating to the government’s response to the committee Airport expansion and climate and nature targets, 24 February Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Town and Country Planning Association relating to planning for flood risk and the current consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework, 25 February Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 13th March 2026 Special Report - 8th Special Report - Environmental sustainability and housing growth: Government Response Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 13th March 2026 Written Evidence - Behavioural Insights Team, and Smart Energy GB SCB0075 - The Seventh Carbon Budget The Seventh Carbon Budget - Environmental Audit Committee
Tuesday 10th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Institute of Chartered Foresters, Forestry Commission, and Confederation of Forest Industries - Confor Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Oral Evidence - University of Oxford, Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre, and Woodland Trust Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 19th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to her appearance in front of the committee on 10 March 2026, 18 March Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 19th March 2026 Attendance statistics - Members' attendance 2024–26 (Environmental Audit Committee), as at 13 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 18th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to updates to the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, 9 March 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Written Evidence - Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London PEA0002 - Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 19th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to flooding and the National Planning Policy Framework, 19 March Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Written Evidence - IUCN UK Peatland Programme PEA0003 - Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Minster of State for International Development and Africa relating to the publication of FCDO’s Multi-Year ODA Allocations (2026/27- 2028/29), 19 March Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Written Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PFAS0137 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Written Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PFAS0136 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee

Select Committee Inquiry
27 Feb 2026 Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK Environmental Audit Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 6 Apr 2026) Data centres are regarded by ministers as being central to UK economic growth and were designated critical national infrastructure (CNI) in September 2024, offering them more legal protections. But their electricity consumption is expected to quadruple by 2030, according to the National Energy System Operator, raising concerns about their sustainability In their new inquiry, MPs will explore how growing AI use might accelerate the need for data centres and whether planning authorities will take account of their impact on the environment. They will also consider how new technologies could minimise their environmental impact and what lessons the UK could learn from other countries. Amongst the issues the Environmental Audit Committee’s new inquiry will examine will be how much energy and water data centres are likely to use, and how this could impact the Government’s net zero goals. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.

Select Committee Inquiry

27 Feb 2026
Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK
Environmental Audit Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 6 Apr 2026)

Data centres are regarded by ministers as being central to UK economic growth and were designated critical national infrastructure (CNI) in September 2024, offering them more legal protections. But their electricity consumption is expected to quadruple by 2030, according to the National Energy System Operator, raising concerns about their sustainability

In their new inquiry, MPs will explore how growing AI use might accelerate the need for data centres and whether planning authorities will take account of their impact on the environment. They will also consider how new technologies could minimise their environmental impact and what lessons the UK could learn from other countries. Amongst the issues the Environmental Audit Committee’s new inquiry will examine will be how much energy and water data centres are likely to use, and how this could impact the Government’s net zero goals.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.