Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Deputy Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, questions the Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and the Director General, Customer Strategy and Tax Design at HM Revenue and Customs about the use of taxation to help deliver the Government’s environmental and climate change targets. 

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP questioned the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency (EA), Sir James Bevan, on the latest EA work on chalk and limestone streams.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP raised the issue of water quality in the River Windrush, Coln, and Evenlode during the formal meeting of the Public Accounts Committee held on water supply and demand management.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who is Deputy Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, pays tribute to the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General Sir Amyas Morse who has come to the end of his ten-year tenure and welcomes the appointment of Gareth Davies.