10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
4. Agriculture
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 21 meetings. This included 1 meeting
held concurrently with the European Scrutiny and International
Development Committees (abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance
table below).
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Curry, Mr David (Chairman) | 21 (including 1 CM)
|
Borrow, Mr David | 10 (including 1 CM)
|
Drew, Mr David | 17 (including 1 CM)
|
Hurst, Mr Alan | 6
|
Jack, Mr Michael | 19 (including 1 CM)
|
Marsden, Mr Paul | 0
|
Mitchell, Mr Austin | 18
|
Öpik, Mr Lembit | 17
|
Paterson, Mr Owen | 4
|
Todd, Mr Mark | 18 (including 1 CM)
|
Turner, Dr George | 14
|
|
Overall attendance: | 62.3%
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
0% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Lynn Gardner, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Nick Wright, Senior Clerk (Band A2) (from 1.1.01).
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 Michael Haines, Professor Peter Hudson, Mr Graham Kerr,
Professor Tim Roper, Professor Sir Colin Spedding CBE and Professor
Alan Swinbank.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 2 |
Other Ministers
| 5 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
| 6 |
other departments
| 2 |
comprising: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 1 |
Office of Science and Technology
| 1 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 9 |
comprising: Common Agricultural Policy Payments Agency
| 1 |
Covent Garden Market Authority
| 2 |
Horticulture Research International
| 3 |
Meat and Livestock Commission
| 3 |
Appearances by other witnesses | 24
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
29-30.1.01 | DublinA
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into the Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| £2,570
(estimated outturn)
|
12-13.2.01 | Paris and Poitiers
| 6 |
2 | Inquiry into the Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| £6,219.87
|
A Part of visit to
Belfast and Dublin
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
29.1.01 | BelfastA
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into the Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| £811.67
|
7.2.01 | New Covent Garden Market
| 5 |
2 | Inquiry into New Covent Garden Market
| £0.00
|
A Part of visit to
Belfast and Dublin
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: Follow-Up
| 92 |
10.1.01 |
90 | £12.50
| Received 14.3.01: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Second Report: Organic Farming
| 149-I |
24.1.01 |
52 | £9.70
| Received 3.4.01: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Organic Farming
| 149-II
| 24.1.01
| 253 |
£22.00
| Not applicable
|
Third Report: Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-Up
| 172 |
31.1.01 |
53 | £9.70
| Received 23.4.01: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Fourth Report: Horticulture Research International
| 53 |
31.1.01 |
59 | £9.70
| Received 3.4.01: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Fifth Report: The Work of the Forestry Commission
| 229 |
15.2.01 |
51 | £9.70
| Received 12.4.01: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Sixth Report: The UK Pig Industry
| 32 |
6.3.01 |
12 | £3.70
| Received 27.4.01: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Seventh Report: The Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| 150-I |
3.4.01 |
34 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| 150-II
| 3.4.01
| 136 |
£17.00
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Report: New Covent Garden Market
| 173-I |
4.4.01 |
16 | £4.30
| Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: New Covent Garden Market
| 173-II
| 4.4.01
| 49 |
£10.60
| Not applicable
|
First Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Ninth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, MAFF/Intervention Board Departmental Report 2000 (HC 610)
| 52 |
19.12.00 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: The Committee's Work, Session 1999-2000
| 117 |
16.1.01 |
75 | £11.20
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Eighth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 1999-2000, Genetically Modified Organisms and Seed Segregation (HC 812)
| 230 |
9.2.01 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the First Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: Follow-Up (HC 92)
| 409 |
6.4.01 |
15 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Second Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Organic Farming (HC 149-I)
| 410 |
10.4.01 |
12 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Fourth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Horticulture Research International (HC 53)
| 411 |
10.4.01 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Fifth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, The Work of the Forestry Commission (HC 229)
| 425 |
26.4.01 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Third Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Flood and Coastal Defence: Follow-Up (HC 172)
| 437 |
30.4.01 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Ninth Special Report: Reply by the Government to the Sixth Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, The UK Pig Industry (HC 32)
| 456 |
8.5.01 |
4 | £1.45
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The UK Pig Industry
| 32-i |
11.12.00 |
44 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Market Access for Least Developed Countries and the Sugar Regime*
| 93 |
20.2.01 |
40 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The CAP Payments Agency
| 231 |
16.3.01 |
24 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Foot and Mouth Disease
| 363-i |
12.4.01 |
23 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Foot and Mouth Disease
| 363-ii
| 25.4.01
| 16 |
£4.75 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Foot and Mouth Disease
| 363-iii
| 11.5.01
| 20 |
£5.50 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Foot and Mouth Disease
| 363-iv
| 14.5.01
| 23 |
£5.50 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Foot and Mouth Disease
| 363-v |
18.6.01 |
24 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Sea Fishing
| 404 |
20.6.01 |
43 | £8.70
| Not applicable
|
Memoranda: Government Research into Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Intensive Farming
| 388 |
1.5.01 |
46 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
* Evidence taken by the Agriculture, European
Scrutiny and International Development 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 1999-2000 were published on 25.1.01 as HC 770, Session
1999-2000. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session
2000-01 will be published as HC 479, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 16 of the Committee's meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
The UK Pig Industry |
1 |
Horticulture Research International
| 1 |
Market Access for Least Developed Countries and the Sugar Regime A
| 1 |
The Implementation of IACS in the European Union
| 3 |
New Covent Garden Market
| 3 |
The CAP Payments Agency
| 1 |
Foot and Mouth Disease |
5 |
Sea Fishing | 1
|
Total | 16
|
A Evidence taken
by the Agriculture, European Scrutiny and International Development
Committees meeting concurrently pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of
Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government
departments)
|