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WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2002
Members present:
Mr David Curry, in the Chair
| Mr Colin Breed | David Taylor
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| Diana Organ | David Lepper
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| Mr David Drew | Paddy Tipping
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| Mr Keith Simpson | Mr Austin Mitchell
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| Mr Michael Jack | Mr Mark Todd
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That any Sub-committee
appointed by the Committee shall be discharged following the last
occasion on which it takes oral evidence, unless otherwise ordered
by the Committee.
Resolved, That unless
the Committee otherwise orders the programme of forthcoming Sub-committees
shall be decided by the Member agreed by the Committee as the
Chairman of the Sub-committee.
Resolved, That the following
guidelines shall apply to the activities of the Committee:
(1) Deliberation about Heads of Report and about
the Sub-committee Chairman's draft Report shall be conducted informally
— but, at least for the consideration of the Sub-committee
Chairman's draft Report, deliberation will take place at an informal
meeting of the members of the Sub-committee to be called by the
Chairman of the Sub-committee — and members of the Sub-committee
will be asked to submit amendments in the usual way;
(2) The Report of the Sub-committee, as agreed at
the informal meeting, will be presented to the main Committee
by the Chairman of the Sub-committee in his or her own name;
(3) If members of the Sub-committee wish formally
to record their opposition to the Report, or formally to seek
to make amendments to it, they may do so by calling a vote on
the Question "That the Report be the Report of the Committee",
or by proposing amendments to paragraphs of the report, during
consideration of the Sub-committee's report in the main Committee;
(4) The nominated Chairman of a Sub-committee, advised
by the Clerk, shall determine a draft timetable of sessions of
oral evidence and visits (if appropriate), and will consult the
other proposed members of the Sub-committee about his or her proposal;
(5) If a Sub-committee wishes to have its report
agreed to quickly by the main Committee (ie. in the same week
as it decides on its draft), the Sub-committee Chairman's draft
report shall be circulated to all of the Members of the Committee
at the same time as it is circulated to Members of the Sub-committee;
and
(6) If the (informal) meeting of the Sub-committee
agrees its Report with amendments it should if possible
circulate a revised Report prior to the meeting of the main Committee
— but if this is not possible, the Chairman of the Sub-committee
will draw attention to any significant amendments made when presenting
his Report to the main Committee.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do visit Tallinn in September to attend the Congress of European
Agriculture in a representative capacity.—(The Chairman.)
Departmental Annual Report 2002: Mr Brian Bender
CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, was further examined and Mrs Julie Flint, Business
Improvement, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 June at Ten o'clock.
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