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Wednesday 20 November 2002
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois | | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That all transcripts of oral evidence be placed on the internet unless a specific decision to the contrary is taken by the Committee or Chairman or where the Clerk considers that the Committee's attention should first be drawn to a potential problem.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report (Pesticides: The Voluntary Initiative), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report are published in the First Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 100, p 19.)
Ordered, That Ms Leslie Heasman be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to waste.
The Committee further deliberated.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality: Mr Robert Lowson, Director, Environment Protection Strategy, Mr Andrew Randall, Policy Advisor, Environment Protection International, and Ms Helen Leggett, Head of Branch, Sustainable Development Unit, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 December at 4.00pm.
Wednesday 4 December 2002
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Jon Owen Jones | | Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
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The Committee deliberated.
World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality: Dr Paul Jefferiss, Head of Environmental Policy, Dr David Ellis, Trade Policy Officer, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Mr Matt Phillips, Senior Campaigner and Liana Stupples, Policy and Campaigns Director, Friends of the Earth, were examined.
World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality: Rt Hon. Lord Holmes of Cheltenham, Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Environment Commission, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 December at 4.00pm.
Wednesday 11 December 2002
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Ian Lucas
| | Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Chaytor declared his registerable interests.
Ordered, That the provisions of paragraph 1 (a) of Standing Order No. 137A (Select committee: power to work with other committees) be applied to evidence received in relation to the inquiry into Waste – An Audit in respect of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
Draft Report (Johannesburg and Back: The World Summit on Sustainable Development —Committee Delegation Report in Proceedings), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report are published in the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 169, p. 17)
The Committee further deliberated.
The Pre-Budget Report 2002: Mr John Healey MP, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Head of the Environmental Tax Team and Mr Michael Collins, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Team, HM Treasury, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 December at 4.00pm.
Wednesday 18 December 2002
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Jon Owen Jones
| | Mr Ian Lucas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Waste—An Audit: Dr Paul Leinster, Director of Environmental Protection, and Mr Steve Lee, Head of Waste Policy, Environment Agency, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 January at 4.00pm.
Wednesday 8 January 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty
| | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Annual Report 2002), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The Committee agreed to publish the Annual Report 2002 as its Third Report of Session 2002-03.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 262)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Learning the Sustainability Lesson.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Ms Libby Grundy and Professor Jacquie Burgess be appointed as Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee in connection with its inquiry into Learning the Sustainability Lesson.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 January at 4.00pm.
Wednesday 15 January 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
| | Mr Ian Lucas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Ainsworth declared no registerable interests.
Ordered, That a Sub-committee on Education for Sustainable Development be appointed to consider Learning the Sustainability Lesson .—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Peter Ainsworth, Mr Colin Challen, Mr David Chaytor, Mrs Helen Clark and Joan Walley be members of the Sub-committee.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Joan Walley be chairman of the Sub-committee.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee change its meeting time to the earlier time of half past three o'clock.—(The Chairman.)
Waste—An Audit: Mr Michael Roberts, Director, Business Environment, CBI, Mr David North, Government and Industry Affairs, Director, Tesco, and Mr Paul Brooks, Group Environment Manager, Corus Plc were examined.
Waste—An Audit: Councillor Kay Twitchen, Chairwoman of Waste and Environment Management Executive, Local Government Association and Mr Graham Tombs, Head of Waste, Recycling and Environment, Essex County Council were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 22 January at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 22 January 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
| | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated.
Waste—An Audit: Dr Jane Beasley, Communications Manager and Mr Chris Murphy, Deputy Chief Executive, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, were examined.
Waste—An Audit: Mr Peter Jones, Director, Mr Phil Conran, General Manager, Recycling Division and Mr David Savory, General Manager, Planning, BIFFA, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 January at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 29 January 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty | | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
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The Committee deliberated.
Waste—An Audit: Mr Andy Doran, Vice-Chairman and Policy Officer and Mr Durk Reyner, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee, were examined.
Waste—An Audit: Mr Dirk Hazell, Chief Executive, Mr Michael Morris, Nabarro Nathanson and Mr Michael Green, Managing Director, G P Batteries Limited, Environmental Services Association, were examined.
Waste—An Audit: Mr Andrew Price, Chair of Topic Group and Mr Roger Hockney, Chair of the Waste Planning Advisory Group, The Planning Officers' Society, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 February at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 5 February 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
Mr Jon Owen Jones
| | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated.
Waste—An Audit: Barbara Herridge, Executive Director and Doreen Fedrigo, Research and Policy Manager, Waste Watch, were examined.
Waste—An Audit: Liz Goodwin, Director of Materials Programme and Mr Ray Georgeson, Director of Policy and Communications, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), were examined.
Waste—An Audit : Mr Andy Moore, Co-ordinator, the Community Recycling Network and Jane Stephenson, Director of the Recycling Consortium and member of the Community Recycling Network, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 February at 9.15am.
Wednesday 12 February 2003
[Morning Sitting]
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Mr Ian Lucas | | Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read 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 First Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Pesticides: The Voluntary Initiative] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Energy White : Empowering Change?—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development: From Rhetoric to Reality: Mr Jonathon Porritt, Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission, Professor Timothy O'Riordan, Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia and Associate Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment and Mr Scott Ghagan, Secretary, the Sustainable Development Commission, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 February at 1.00pm.
Wednesday 12 February 2003
[Afternoon Sitting]
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
Mr Jon Owen Jones | | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Waste—An Audit: Rt Hon. Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Mr Richard Bird, Director, Environment Quality and Waste, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs were examined.
World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality: Rt Hon. Margaret Beckett, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mr Andrew Randall, Policy Advisor, Environment Protection International, and Ms Helen Leggett, Head of Branch, Sustainable Development Unit, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were further examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 February at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 26 February 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark | | Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read 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 Fifth Report from the Committee in 2001-02 [A Sustainable Energy Strategy? Renewables and the PIU Review] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 March at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 12 March 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
| | Sue Doughty
Mr Ian Lucas
Joan Walley
|
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Pre-Budget Report 2002), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 167, p. 28)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26th March at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 26 March 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
| | Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development: From Rhetoric to Reality: Johanne Gélinas, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canada, Mr John Reed, Principal, Office of the Auditor General of Canada and Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Hon Charles Caccia MP and Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Hélène Scherrer MP, Mr Bob Mills MP, Mr Jo Comartin MP, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Canada, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2nd April 3.30pm.
Wednesday 2 April 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty
| | Mr Jon Owen Jones
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
The Energy White Paper: Empowering Change?: Mr Brian Wilson MP, Minister for Energy and Construction, Mr David Hayes, Mr Mark Hutton, Mr John Thorpe, Department of Trade and Industry; and Mr Jeremy Eppel, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8th April at 3.30pm.
Tuesday 8 April 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Jon Owen Jones | | Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 9th April at 11.30am.
Wednesday 9 April 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty | | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Waste—An Audit), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 99, p. 35)
The Committee deliberated further.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Budget 2003 and Aviation.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 30 April at 10.20am.
Wednesday 30 April 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Sue Doughty | | Mr Mark Francois
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr John Healey MP, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury and Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Head of the Environmental Tax Team, HM Treasury were further examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 7th May at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 7 May 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty | | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 3 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third 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 Fourth Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [The Pre-Budget Report 2002] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14th May at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 14 May 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor | | Sue Doughty
Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas |
The Committee deliberated.
The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development: Mr Tony Juniper Executive Director, Mr Phil Michaels, Legal Advisor, Mr Nicholas Hildyard, Corner House and Friends of the Earth Strategic Advisor and Hannah Griffiths, Corporations Manager, Friends of the Earth were examined.
The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development: Sally Nicholson, Head of Global Policy, Mr Jules Peck, Global Policy Adviser, and Jody Thorpe, Consultant, WWF were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 May at 10am.
Wednesday 21 May 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mr Mark Francois
| | Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
The Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development: Mr Vivian Brown, Chief Executive, Mr John Weiss, Director, Business Group, Mr John Ormerod, Director, Strategy and Communications and Mr David Allwood, Business Principles Advisor, the Export Credits Guarantee Department, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 June at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 4 June 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark | | Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Joan Walley |
The Committee deliberated
Resolved, That the Committee do follow-up its inquiry into Timber Procurement.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated further.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr Keith Mans, Chairman, Dr Hugh Somerville and Mr Colin Beesley, Air Travel—Greener by Design, were examined.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr Tim Johnson, Director, Mr Jeff Gazzard, Project Manager, Mr Brendon Sewill, Economic Adviser, Aviation Environment Federation and Mr Nic Ferriday, Friends of the Earth, were examined.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr Brian Pearce, Director, Centre for Sustainable Investment, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 June at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 11 June 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor | | Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr Alastair McDermid, Group Planning and Environment Director and Mr Tim Hawkins, Strategic Planning Manager, British Airports Authority, were examined.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Dr Andrew Sentance, Chief Economist and Head of Environmental Affairs, British Airways, was examined.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Mr Roger Wiltshire, Secretary General, British Airport Association, Mr Mike Smith, Manager, Commercial and External Affairs, Monarch Airlines and Vanessa Tamms, Manager, Competition and Regulatory Affairs, Virgin Atlantic Airways, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 July at 12.30pm.
Tuesday 1 July 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois | | Mr Jon Owen Jones
Mr Ian Lucas
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Budget 2003 and Aviation: Rt Hon. Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Roy Griffins, Director, Aviation Directorate and Mr Graham Pendlebury, Divisional Manager, Aviation Environmental Division, Department for Transport were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 July at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 2 July 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Sue Doughty | | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement—The Government Response), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 909, p. 22).
The Committee deliberated further.
Greening Government and Timber Procurement: Fiona Mactaggart MP, Green Minister, Home Office, Ms Margaret Aldred, Resources and Performance Director General, Mr Richard Tippett, and Mr Tony Edwards, Home Office were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 July at 10am.
Wednesday 9 July 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen | | Mr Mark Francois
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Peter Ainsworth declared an interest as a Director of Plant Life International which was unrenumerated.
Draft Report (Export Credits and Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 689, p. 22)
Draft Report (Energy White Paper—Empowering Change?), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 618, p. 27)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 July at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 16 July 2003
Members present:
Mr John Horam, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark | | Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Mr Peter Ainsworth do take the Chair of the Committee in the place of Mr John Horam.
Draft Report (Budget 2003 and Aviation), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 672, p. 26)
Draft Report (Learning the Sustainability Lesson), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 472, p. 57)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 September at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 10 September 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty | | Mr Mark Francois
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley
|
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The Sustainable Development Headline Indicators 2002), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Eleventh Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 1080, p. 25)
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 3 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth 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 Fifth Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Waste - An Audit], together with Appendices, be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth 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 Sixth Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Buying Time for Forests: Timber Trade and Public Procurement - Government response to the Committee's Sixth Report, Session 2001-02], together with Appendices, be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into GM Foods and Farm-Scale trials.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 September at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 17 September 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty | | Mr Malcolm Savidge
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: From Rhetoric to Reality), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Twelfth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 98, p. 40)
The Committee further deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do hold an informal seminar.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till a day and time to be fixed by the Chairman.
Wednesday 22 October 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr David Chaytor
Sue Doughty
Mr Mark Francois | | Mr Simon Thomas
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright
|
The Committee deliberated
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth 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 Tenth Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Learning the Sustainability Lesson], be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated further.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Environmental Crime.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 October at 3.40pm.
Wednesday 29 October 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark
Sue Doughty | | Mr Paul Flynn
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Simon Thomas
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Flynn declared no registerable interests.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Seventh Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Export Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development— Government Response] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House
The Committee deliberated further.
GM Food - Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, a Member of the House, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 November at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 5 November 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark | | Mr Paul Flynn
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientific Adviser and Mr Ben Ayliffe, GM Campaigner, Greenpeace, were examined.
The Committee deliberated further.
Draft Report (Greening Government 2003), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
(The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report will be published in the Thirteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03, HC 961, p. 62)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 November at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 12 November 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark | | Mr Paul Flynn
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That a Sub-committee on Environmental Crime be appointed.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Sub-committee's first inquiry should be into Environmental Crime and the Courts.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Peter Ainsworth, Mr Colin Challen, Mrs Helen Clark, Sue Doughty, Mr Paul Flynn and Mr Simon Thomas be members of the Sub-committee. —(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Peter Ainsworth be chairman of the Sub-committee. —(The Chairman.)
The Committee deliberated further.
GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: Mr Tony Juniper, Executive Director, Mr Peter Riley, Senior Food and Biotechnology Team, and Emily Diamond, Senior Researcher, Food and Biotechnology Team, Friends of the Earth, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 November at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 19 November 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark | | Mr Paul Flynn
Joan Walley
Mr David Wright |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 2 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Government's response to the Eighth Report from the Committee in 2002-03 [Energy White Paper—Empowering Change?] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House
The Committee deliberated further.
GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: Lord Melchett, Policy Director, and Gundula Azeez, Policy Manager, The Soil Association were examined.
GM Food—Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials: Sir Ben Gill, President, Elizabeth Hogben, Food Science Adviser, and Mr Bob Fiddaman, NFU spokesperson on GM crops and Coexistence, National Farmers' Union were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 December at 3.30pm.
Proceedings of the Education for Sustainable Development Sub-committee
Thursday 30 January 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen | | Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 27 February at 9.30am
Thursday 27 February 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen | | Mr David Chaytor |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Dr Tracey Bedford, Researcher, specialising in sustainable consumption and lifestyles, was examined.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Professor Bill Scott and Dr Stephen Gough, Centre for Research in Education and the Environment, University of Bath, were examined.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Mr Trewin Restorick, Director, Global Action Plan, was examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 13 March at 9.30am.
Thursday 13 March 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mr Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do visit Nottingham in connection with its inquiry into Learning the Sustainability Lesson.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do visit two schools in London in connection with its inquiry into Learning the Sustainability Lesson.—(The Chairman.)
The Sub-committee deliberated further.
Learning the Sustainable Lesson: Sir Geoffrey Holland, Chairman of the former Sustainable Development Education Panel was examined.
Learning the Sustainable Lesson: Mr Leszek Iwaskow, HMI and Specialist Adviser for Geography and Mr Brian McCafferty, Director, Curriculum Advice and Inspection, Office of Standards in Education, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 20 March at 9.30am.
Thursday 20 March 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
| | Mr David Chaytor
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The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainable Lesson: Mr John Edmonds, General Secretary and Treasurer GMB and Joint Chair of the Trade Union Sustainable Development Advisory Committee and Mr Neil Cleeveley, Policy Officer, GMB/TUC were examined.
Learning the Sustainable Lesson: Ms Sarah Hunt, Environmental Manager, and Ms Catherine McAlinden, Facilities Analyst, Co-operative Insurance Society, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 March at 9.30am
Tuesday 25 March 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Rt Hon. Charles Clarke MP, Secretary of State, Department of Education and Skills was examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 3 April at 9.30am
Thursday 3 April 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 8 May at 9.30am
Thursday 8 May 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Mr John Westaway, Principal Subject Officer - Geography, and Mr Ian Colwill, General Manager QCA Consulting, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 May at 11.15am
Tuesday 13 May 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Penney Poyzer, Eco Team Co-ordinator, GAP, Alison Goodchild, Housewife and Student and member of an Eco Team, Mr Tom Reacher, School Pupil and member of an Eco Team, Elizabeth Braund, School Pupil and member of an Eco Team, Sarah Braund, PR Executive and mother of Elizabeth, and Mr James Kraunsoe, Scientist at Astra Zeneca, Loughborough and member of an Eco Team, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 15 May at 9.30am
Thursday 15 May 2003
Members present:
Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair
Mr Colin Challen
Mr David Chaytor | | Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Caroline Neville, National Director of Policy and Development, Learning and Skills Council, and Judith Cohen, Regional Director, Yorkshire and Humberside, Learning and Skills Development Agency, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 22 May at 9.20am.
Thursday 22 May 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Professor Andy Blowers, Professor of Social Sciences (Planning), and Dr Stephen Hinchliffe, Lecturer in Geography, Open University, were examined.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Dr Andrew Johnston, Head of Education and Learning, Forum for the Future, was examined.
Learning the Sustainability Lesson: Mr Russell Foster, Chief Executive, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, was examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 3 July at 9.30am
Thursday 3 July 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 July at 4.00pm
Tuesday 8 July 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
Mrs Helen Clark |
The Sub-committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 10 July at 10.00am
Thursday 10 July 2003
Members present:
Joan Walley, in the Chair
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Mr Colin Challen
| | Mr David Chaytor
|
The Sub-committee deliberated.
[The Sub-committee adjourned.
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