Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Second Special Report

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Powers

The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No.152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk . The Committee has the power to appoint two Sub-committees.

Mr David Curry (Chairman) (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)

Ms Candy Atherton (Labour, Falmouth and Cambourne)

Mr David Borrow (Labour, South Ribble)

Mr Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat, South East Cornwall)

David Burnside (Ulster Unionist, South Antrim)

Mr David Drew (Labour, Stroud)

Patrick Hall (Labour, Bedford)

Mr Michael Jack (Conservative, Fylde)

Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Labour/Co-op, Edinburgh North and Leith)

Mr David Lepper (Labour, Brighton Pavilion)

Mr Austin Mitchell (Labour, Great Grimsby)

Diana Organ (Labour, Forest of Dean)

Phil Sawford (Labour, Kettering)

Mrs Gillian Shephard (Conservative, South West Norfolk)

David Taylor (Labour, North West Leicestershire)

Paddy Tipping (Labour, Sherwood)

Mr Bill Wiggin (Conservative, Leominster)

Publications

The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet on its website at:

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environment__food_and_rural_affairs.cfm

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Committee Office, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general inquiries is: 020 7219 3262; the Committee's e-mail address is: [e-mail].

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Prepared 4 February 2003