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

on Wednesday 26 May 2004

Members present

Mr Michael Jack, in the Chair

Mr Colin Breed	Alan Simpson
Mr David Drew	David Taylor
Patrick Hall	Paddy Tipping
Mr Austin Mitchell	Mr Bill Wiggin
Diana Organ

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Professor Doug Young, Fleming Professor of Medical Microbiology at Imperial College of Medicine, Defra's Bovine TB Vaccine Adviser, Mr Alick Simmons, Head of the Veterinary Endemic and Zoonoses Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dr Chris Cheeseman, Team Leader, Woodchester Park badger establishment, Central Science Laboratory, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-75

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Ben Bradshaw, a Member of the House, Minister of State for Nature Conservation and Fisheries, and Mr Alick Simmons, Head of the Veterinary Endemic and Zoonoses Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and Professor John Bourne, Chair, Independent Science Group on Bovine TB, examined.

Question Number

76-79

80-99

100-119

120-131

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Prepared 13 July 2004