Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 June 2004.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

(Reform of the Sugar Regime Sub-Committee)

on Monday 26 April 2004

Members present

Paddy Tipping, in the Chair

Mr David Drew	Alan Simpson
Mr Michael Jack	Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr Austin Mitchell

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by British Sugar Plc (O72)

Memorandum submitted by the National Farmers' Union (O75)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Chris Carter, Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Simon Harris, Adviser and Ms Clare Wenner, Adviser, British Sugar plc, Mr Tim Bennett, President and Mr Mike Blacker, Sugar Board Chairman, National Farmers' Union, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-39

Supplementary memorandum submitted by British Sugar

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the National Farmers' Union (O75a)

Memorandum submitted by Tate & Lyle European Cane Sugars (TLECS) UK Operation (O73)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Mark White, Chief Executive, European Cane Sugar, and Ms Patricia Jamieson, Director, Raw Sugar Supply and EU Affairs, Tate and Lyle plc examined.

Question Number

40-59

60-72

Memorandum submitted by CAFOD and OXFAM (Joint Submission) (O80)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Kevin Watkins, Head of Research, Oxfam, and Mr Matt Griffith, Trade Policy Analyst, CAFOD, examined.

Question Number

73-79

80-93

Memorandum submitted by the LDC London Group (O 48)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Edward Chileshe Sefuke, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Zambia and Mission to the European Union, and Mr Julian Price, Secretary and Commercial Representative, LDC London Group, examined.

Question Number

94-99

100-113

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Prepared 12 July 2004