Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 January 2000.

THURSDAY 27 JANUARY 2000

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Members present:

Mr Andrew F Bennett, in the Chair

Mr Hilary Benn	Mrs Louise Ellman
Mr Tom Brake	Mr Clifford Forsythe
Christine Butler	Dr Stephen Ladyman
Mr John Cummings	Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr Brian H Donohoe	Mr Bill O'Brien
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody	Mr Bill Olner

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

MR MIKE WALKER, Policy Development Adviser and MR KEITH SEXTON (Health, Safety and Environment Manager, United Utilities), Water UK, and MR BEN GILL, President and MR JACOB TOMPKINS, Environment Policy Adviser, National Farmers Union, examined.

Question Number

1227 - 1239

1240 - 1259

1260 - 1279

1280 - 1286

Examination of Witnesses

DR TIM JENKINS, Senior Research Officer, Friends of the Earth and DR UTE COLLIER, Head, Climate Change Programme, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), examined.

Question Number

1287 - 1299

1300 - 1319

1320 - 1322

Examination of Witnesses

MR STEPHEN TIMMS, a Member of the House, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, MR SIMON VIRLEY, Head of the Environmental Tax Team, HM Treasury and MISS HEATHER MASSIE, Head of Excise Policy Group, Customs & Excise, examined.

Question Number

1323 - 1339

1340 - 1359

1360 - 1379

1380 - 1383

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Prepared 20 March 2000