Environment and Communications Committee (Iceland)

The Environment and Communications Committee (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og samgöngunefnd) is a standing committee of the Icelandic parliament.

Jurisdiction

According to law № 55/1991, with later amendments, all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Environment and Communications Committee:

• Planning
• Construction
• Research
• Consulting
• Protection
• Sustainability
• Transport
• Implementation

Members, 140th parliament

The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place.

Main

Name		Party
	Atli Gíslason	independent
	Árni Johnsen	Independence Party
	Ásmundur Einar Daðason	Progressive Party
	Birgir Ármannsson	Independence Party
	Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir, chairman	Left-Green Movement
	Mörður Árnason	Social Democratic Alliance
	Ólína Þorvarðardóttir, 1st vice-chairman	Social Democratic Alliance
	Róbert Marshall	Social Democratic Alliance
	Þuríður Backman, 2nd vice-chairman	Left-Green Movement

Substitute

Name		Party
	Álfheiður Ingadóttir	Left-Green Movement
	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Independence Party
	Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir	Social Democratic Alliance
	Kristján L. Möller	Social Democratic Alliance
	Lúðvík Geirsson	Social Democratic Alliance
	Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir	Independence Party
	Vigdís Hauksdóttir	Progressive Party
	Þráinn Bertelsson	Left-Green Movement

See also

• List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Icelandic)