Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Eighteenth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 November 2003.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

1  INTRODUCTION

The history of the public debate

Our inquiry

2  CONDUCT OF THE DEBATE

Successes
Narrow-but-deep

Concerns

Timing

Duration

Budget

Consequences

The PDSB was obliged to appoint the Central Office of Information

Not all information was available

The wider public was not engaged

3  OTHER ISSUES

Making use of the information gathered

The activities of the Food Standards Agency

4  CONCLUSIONS

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

WITNESSES

LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2001



MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Wednesday 22 October 2003

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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Prepared 20 November 2003