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WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2001
Members present:
Mr David Curry, in the Chair
| Mr David Borrow | Phil Sawford
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| Mr Austin Mitchell | Patrick Hall
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| Mr Colin Breed | David Taylor
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| Mr Stephen O'Brien | Mr David Lepper
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| David Burnside | Mr Mark Todd
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| Diana Organ | Mr Eric Martlew
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and
read the first and second time, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of
the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Eighth Report
from the Agriculture Committee in Session 2000-2001 [New Covent
Garden Market] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and
read the first and second time, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report
of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Seventh
Report of the Agriculture Committee in Session 2000-2001 [The
Implementation of IACS in the European Union] be appended to the
Report.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the Future
of UK Agriculture, into the Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease and
into the Work of the Countryside Agency.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Sub-committees be appointed by the Committee
on an ad hoc basis to consider specific topics for inquiries.—(The
Chairman.)
Ordered, That a Sub-committee be appointed to consider
Radioactive Waste Policy.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That whenever possible transcripts of evidence
taken from Ministers be published uncorrected on the Internet.—(The
Chairman.)
Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Matters: Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett,
a Member of the House, Secretary of State, and Mr Jim Scudamore,
Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 October at Ten o'clock.
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