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 10 March 2004.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

on Wednesday 12 November 2003

Members present:

Mr Michael Jack	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
Diana Organ

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Wildlife and Countryside Link

Memorandum submitted by the Marine Conservation Society

Memorandum submitted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Memorandum submitted by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Memorandum submitted by The Wildlife Trusts

Memorandum submitted by WWF-UK

Examination of Witnesses

Joan Edwards, Head of Marine Policy, The Wildlife Trusts, Sharon Thompson, Marine Policy Officer, RSPB, Mark Simmonds, Director of Science, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Melissa Moore, Coastal and Marine Policy Officer, Marine Conservation Society and Jan Brown, Senior Marine Policy Officer, WWF-UK, Wildlife and Countryside Link, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-38

Supplementary memorandum submitted by Wildlife and Countryside Link

Memorandum submitted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Examination of Witnesses

Mark Tasker, Head of Marine Advice, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Richard Leafe, General Manager for Maritime, English Nature, Sandy Downie, Maritime Advisory Officer, Scottish Natural Heritage, Charlotte Johnston, Marine Strategy and Sites Manager, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, and Maggie Hill, Head of Maritime & Earth Sciences Group, Countryside Council for Wales, examined

Question Number

39-59

60-76

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Prepared 22 March 2004