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 were members of the Committee during
the inquiry:
Mr Peter Luff (Chairman)
| Mr Tim Collins | 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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