Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 November 2003.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

on Wednesday 19 November 2003

Members present:

Mr Michael Jack, in the Chair

Ms Candy Atherton	Diana Organ
Mr Colin Breed	Joan Ruddock
Mr David Drew	Mrs Gillian Shephard
Patrick Hall	Alan Simpson
Mr Mark Lazarowicz	David Taylor
Mr David Lepper	Paddy Tipping
Mr Austin Mitchell	Mr Bill Wiggin

CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Rt Hon Peter Mandelson, a Member of the House, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-40

Examination of Witnesses

Sir John Harman, Chairman, Mr Craig McGarvey, Dales Area Manager, and Mr David Jordan, Director of Operations, Environment Agency, examined.

Question Number

41-59

60-79

80-92

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Elliot Morley, a Member of the House, Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment, Ms Sue Ellis, Head of Waste Management, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Mr Brian Wadsworth, Director of Logistics and Maritime Transport, Department for Transport, examined.

Question Number

93-99

100-119

120-139

140-159

160-164

Memorandum submitted by Friends of the Earth

Memorandum submitted by Stuart Drummond, Mayor of Hartlepool

Memorandum submitted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Memorandum submitted by Mr Frank Cook MP, Member for Stockton North

Supplementary memorandum from the Environment Agency following hearing on 19 November 2003

Annex 1: Supplementary evidence

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Prepared 15 December 2003