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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 June 1998.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
TAKEN BEFORE THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

TUESDAY 9 JUNE 1998

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Members present:

Mr Peter Luff, in the Chair

Mr Andrew George	Ms Sally Keeble
Mr John Hayes	Mrs Diana Organ
Mr Alan Hurst	Mr Mark Todd
Ms Fiona Jones

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (F32)

1.  INTRODUCTION

2.  SUMMARY OF MEMORANDUM

3.  ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

4.  INLAND DRAINAGE AND FLOOD DEFENCE

5.  COASTAL DEFENCE

Table 1

Table 2

Memorandum submitted by the Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK (F9)

1.  SUMMARY

2.  INTRODUCTION

3.  THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF COASTAL HABITATS AND WETLANDS

4.  THE IMPACTS ON NATURE CONSERVATION

5.  COMMENT

6.  THE SOLUTIONS

7.  RECOMMENDATIONS

Supplementary Memorandum submitted by The Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK (F44)

1.  INTRODUCTION

2.  SUSTAINABILITY AND PROJECT APPRAISAL

3.  EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT APPRAISAL METHOD

4.  NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSMENT: MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING

Examination of Witnesses

DR MIKE CLARKE, Director, Operations, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, MRS NICOLA MELVILLE, Wetlands Policy Office, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, MR ANDREW LEE, Head, UK and Europe WWF-UK, and MR PAUL MURBY, Spokesperson on Coastal Issues, The Wildlife Trusts, examined.

Question Number

287 - 299
300 - 319
320 - 339
340 - 354

Supplementary Memorandum submitted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (F60)

1.  LAND POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE FOR MANAGED RETREAT IN EAST ANGLIA (Q310)

2.  FURTHER EXAMPLES OF THE FAILURE OF FLOOD DEFENCE COMMITTEES AND OPERATING AUTHORITIES TO DELIVER THE NATIONAL POLICY ESTABLISHED BY MAFF (Q326-327)

3.  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS (Q350-353)

NEW AGENCY STRUCTURE

LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY

THE RSPB's RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS NOT RAISED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING

Supplementary Memorandum submitted by The Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK (F61)

WALLASEA

RIVER OUSE FLOOD PLAIN STUDY

ISLE OF WIGHT

ESSEX SMP

HUMBER ESTUARY COASTAL AUTHORITIES GROUP SMP

NORTH SEA CAMP/FREISTON SHORE THE WASH

HOLDERNESS COAST EAST YORKSHIRE

ADDITIONAL POINTS

Memorandum submitted by The National Farmers' Union of England and Wales (F14)

THE FUNDING OF FLOOD AND COASTAL DEFENCE

LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF FLOOD AND COASTAL DEFENCE POLICY

Annex 1

Coastal Defences in England and Wales

1.  INTRODUCTION

2.  NEW APPROACHES TO COAST DEFENCE

3.  THE WAY FORWARD

Examination of Witnesses

MR TONY PEXTON, Deputy President, MR JOHN LLOYD-JONES, Chairman, Parliamentary Land Use and Environment Committee, and MR MICHAEL PAYNE, Consultant, National Farmers' Union, examined.

Question Number

355 - 379
380 - 399
400 - 419
420 - 430

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Prepared 17 July 1998