The Agriculture Committee is appointed under Standing Order No
152 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and of associated
public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has a quorum of three.
Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the
Committee continue to be members of it for the remainder of the
Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and
records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House,
to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information
which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity
within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other committee appointed under
the same Standing Order (or to the Committee of Public Accounts,
the Deregulation Committee and the Environmental Audit Committee)
its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common
interest; and
(d) to meet concurrently with any other such committee for
the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or considering
draft reports.
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
The following are members of the Committee:
Mr Peter Luff (Chairman)
| Mr David Curry | Ms Sally Keeble
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| Mr Andrew George | Mr Paul Marsden
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| Mr John Hayes | Mr Austin Mitchell
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| Mr Alan Hurst | Mrs Diana Organ
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| Ms Fiona Jones | Mr Mark Todd
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