B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
3. Agriculture
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 48 meetings. This included 2 meetings
held concurrently with the Health Committee (abbreviated to 'CM'
in the attendance table below).
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Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Luff, Mr Peter (Chairman until 15.2.00) (discharged, 21.2.00)
| 11 |
Curry, Mr David (elected Chairman, 15.2.00)
| 45 (including 2 CM) |
Borrow, Mr David (added, 6.12.99) | 25 (including 1 CM)
|
Drew, Mr David (added, 6.12.99) | 36 (including 1 CM)
|
Hurst, Mr Alan | 30 (including 1 CM)
|
Jack, Mr Michael | 35 (including 1 CM)
|
Jones, Ms Fiona (discharged, 3.4.00) | 1
|
Keeble, Ms Sally (discharged, 6.12.99) |
0 |
Livsey, Mr Richard (discharged, 29.11.99) |
0 |
Marsden, Mr Paul | 26 (including 2 CM)
|
Mitchell, Mr Austin | 38 (including 1 CM)
|
Öpik, Mr Lembit (added, 29.11.99) |
30 (including 1 CM) |
Organ, Mrs Diana (discharged, 6.12.99) |
3 |
Paterson, Mr Owen (added, 21.2.00) | 14
|
Todd, Mr Mark | 40 (including 2 CM)
|
Turner, Dr George (added, 3.4.00) | 21 (including 1 CM)
|
|
Overall attendance: | 67.2 %
|
Number of Members added: | 5
|
Number of Members discharged: | 5
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
45 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Lynn Gardner, Senior Clerk (Band
A2).
Committee Specialist: Mr Richard Kelly (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor David Colman, Professor Michael Haines, Professor
Peter Hudson, Professor Tim Lang, Professor Tim Roper, Professor
Sir Colin Spedding CBE and Professor Ken Thomson.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 4 |
Other Ministers
| 7 |
Ministerial appearances by Members of the House of Lords
| 4 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
| 7 |
other departments
| 1 |
omprising: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 1 |
executive agencies
| 2 |
comprising: Forest Enterprise (an agency of the Forestry Commission)
| 1 |
Intervention Board
| 1 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 26 |
comprising: Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
| 1 |
Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
| 1 |
Environment Agency (a public body within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for the
| |
Environment, Transport and the Regions)
| 6 |
Food from Britain
| 2 |
Food Standards Agency (a non-Ministerial department within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Health)
| |
Forestry Commission
| 2 |
Horticulture Research International
| 3 |
Meat and Livestock Commission
| 2 |
United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards
| 4 |
Veterinary Products Committee
| 1 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 67 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
7-8.3.00 | Geneva
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into the Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| £5,166.57
|
3-7.4.00 | Washington DC and Chicago
| 6 |
2 | Inquiry into the Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| £41,206.31
|
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
7-8.2.00 | European Commission, Brussels
| 6 |
3A
| Inquiry into the Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| £4,357.22
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
24.5.00 | North Mercia Regional Service Centre, Crewe
| 6 |
3 | Inquiry into Regional Service Centres
| £1,555.82
|
7.6.00 | North East Regional Service Centre, Northallerton
| 5 |
3 | Inquiry into Regional Service Centres
| £1,709.02
|
19.7.00 | Eastbrook Farm, Bishopstone, and Duchy Home Farm, Tetbury
| 5 |
4A
| Inquiry into Organic Farming
| £928.95
|
31.10.00 | CWS Agriculture, Stoughton, Manor Farm, Long Whatton and Grange Farm, Normanton on Soar
| 4 |
3A
| Inquiry into Organic Farming
| £491.05
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(1999-2000)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: The Current Crisis in the Livestock Industry
| 94 |
14.12.99 |
13 | £4.30
| Received 22.12.99: published as Second Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Second Report: The Marketing of Milk
| 36-I |
1.2.00 |
52 | £9.70
| Received 6.4.00: published as Third Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Marketing of Milk
| 36-II |
1.2.00 |
230 | £20.50
| Not applicable
|
Third Report: The Segregation of Genetically Modified Foods
| 71-I |
7.3.00 |
36 | £8.00
| Received 5.5.00: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Segregation of Genetically Modified Foods
| 71-II |
7.3.00 |
176 | £19.50
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Report: Environmental Regulation and Farming
| 212-I |
17.3.00 |
26 | £6.50
| Cm 4800, published 12.7.00
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Environmental Regulation and Farming
| 212-II
| 17.3.00
| 102 |
£14.70
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: The Government's Proposals for Organophosphate Sheep Dips
| 425 |
23.5.00 |
83 | £11.50
| Received 25.7.00: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Sixth Report: The Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| 246-I |
4.7.00 |
51 | £9.70
| Received 5.10.00: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| 246-II
| 4.7.00
| 153 |
£18.00
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Report: Horticulture Research International
| 484 |
11.7.00 |
44 | £8.80
| Received 11.10.00: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Tenth Report: Regional Service Centres
| 509-I |
1.8.00 |
14 | £4.30
| Received 21.11.00: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Regional Service Centres
| 509-II
| 1.8.00
| 116 |
£15.90
| Not applicable
|
Ninth Report: MAFF/Intervention Board Departmental Report 2000
| 610 |
2.8.00 |
47 | £8.80
| Received 20.10.00; Letter of clarification received 30.11.00:
not yet published
|
Eighth Report: Genetically Modified Organisms and Seed Segregation
| 812 |
3.8.00 |
58 | £9.70
| Reply awaited
|
First Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Ninth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1998-99, "MAFF/Intervention Board Departmental Report 1999" (HC 852)
| 148 |
17.1.00 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Reply by the Government to the First Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "The Current Crisis in the Livestock Industry 1999" (HC 94)
| 149 |
17.1.00 |
8 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Second Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "The Marketing of Milk" (HC 36)
| 424 |
17.4.00 |
15 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: The Committee's Work, Session 1998-99
| 480 |
16.5.00 |
58 | £9.40
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Third Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "The Segregation of Genetically Modified Foods" (HC 71)
| 481 |
16.5.00 |
8 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Fifth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "The Government's Proposals for Organophosphate Sheep Dips" (HC 425)
| 865 |
1.8.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Sixth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "The Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round" (HC 246)
| 926 |
30.10.00 |
12 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Seventh Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "Horticulture Research International" (HC 484)
| 927 |
30.10.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Ninth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Tenth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, "Regional Service Centres" (HC 509)
| 802 |
6.12.00 |
16 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Rural Development Regulation
| 292-i |
29.3.00 |
39 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Food Standards Agency*
| 354 |
13.4.00 |
19 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Food from Britain
| 464 |
25.5.00 |
21 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Government's Action Plan for Farming
| 525-i |
28.6.00 |
20 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
| 625-i |
20.7.00 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Forestry Commission
| 997-i |
Not yet published
| - |
- | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-up
| 761 |
Not yet published
| - |
- | Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Phillips Report and the Food Standards Agency*
| 762 |
Not yet published
| - |
- | Not applicable
|
* Evidence taken by the Agriculture and Health
Committees meeting concurrently pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of
Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government
departments)
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
1998-99 were published on 13.12.99 as HC 892, Session 1998-99.
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
will be published as HC 770, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
24.1.00 | Two, on amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on the Marketing of Milk.
|
27.7.00 | One, on an amendment proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Regional Service Centres.
|
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Eighth Report, Session 1998-99, Sea Fishing, and Seventh
Special Report, Session 1998-99, Reply by the Government, 2.12.99;
Fifth Report, Session 1998-99, Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis,
and Fifth Special Report, Session 1998-99, Reply by the Government,
10.2.00;
Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000, Environmental Regulation
and Farming, 20.7.00.
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Seventh Report, Session 1998-99, Outcome of the CAP Reform
Negotiations, and Sixth Special Report, Session 1998-99, Reply
by the Government, on a Government Motion to take note of a European
Document, 11.5.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 32 of the Committee's 48 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral
evidence sessions
|
The Current Crisis in the Livestock IndustryA
| 0 |
The Marketing of MilkA
| 1 |
The Segregation of Genetically Modified Foods
| 4 |
Environmental Regulation and Farming
| 2 |
The Government's Proposals for Organophosphate Sheep Dips
| 1 |
The Implications for UK Agriculture and EU Agricultural Policy of Trade Liberalisation and the WTO Round
| 4 |
Horticulture Research International
| 1 |
Regional Service Centres
| 3 |
Genetically Modified Organisms and Seed Segregation
| 1 |
MAFF/Intervention Board Departmental Report 2000
| 1 |
Rural Development Regulation
| 1 |
The Food Standards AgencyB
| 1 |
Food from Britain | 1
|
The Government's Action Plan for Farming
| 1 |
Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
| 1 |
Organic FarmingC
| 5 |
Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: Follow-upC
| 1 |
The Work of the Forestry CommissionC
| 1 |
Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-upC
| 1 |
The Phillips Report and the Food Standards AgencyB
| 1 |
Total | 32
|
A The Committee
took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures
appear in the Return for that Session (HC1 (1998-99))
B Evidence
taken by the Agriculture and Health Committees meeting concurrently
pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select
committees related to government departments)
C The Committee did not complete these inquiries
in Session 1999-2000
|