Agriculture - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 January 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
II. STATE AND STRUCTURE
OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Milk producers and
farmgate prices
Milk supply groups and
direct supply
The processing sector
Retail sales
Marketing of milk elsewhere
in Europe
The Common Agricultural
Policy and the dairy industry
III. MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS
Background to the
current arrangements
Milk Marque's structural
reorganisation
Concerns: (i) power
and prices
Concerns: (ii) costs
and economies of scale
Advantages of the restructuring:
(i) relationships with processors
Advantages of the restructuring:
(ii) processing
Advantages of the restructuring:
(iii) Milk Marque and the competition authorities
Conclusion on restructuring
of Milk Marque
The new shape of the
dairy industry
IV. ADDING VALUE
The competitiveness
of the UK dairy industry
Innovation and investment
Consumer outlets
Farmers and processing
Generic marketing
Branding
Traceability and quality
assurance
The specialist cheese
sector
The role of Government
An industry strategy
V. COMPETITION POLICY
ON AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES
Delay in responding
to the MMC report
Competition law and agriculture
VI. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
OF RECOMMENDATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN
THE REPORT
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED
IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
UNPRINTED MEMORANDA
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
REPORTS IN THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 36-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 36-II)
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