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Environmental Audit Committee Chair steps down to stand for Welsh Assembly

21 January 2016 • 1 min read

Labour's Huw Irranca-Davies is leaving Parliament to run for the Welsh Assembly, after less than a year at the helm of the EAC

Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davies will formally step down as chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) next week as he prepares to leave Parliament to stand for election in the Welsh Assembly. Since...

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