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 9 February 2005.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

on Wednesday 9 February 2005

Members present:

Mr Michael Jack, in the Chair

Mr Colin Breed	Alan Simpson
David Burnside	David Taylor
Mr David Drew	Paddy Tipping
Mr Mark Lazarowicz	Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr David Lepper

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CONTENTS

Witnesses: Rt Hon Margaret Beckett, a Member of the House, Secretary of State, and Sir Brian Bender, KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, examined.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-80

Memorandum submitted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Memorandum submitted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Letter from the Parliamentary Clerk, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to the Clerk of the Committee, 17 January 2005

Memorandum submitted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Letter from the Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to the Chairman of the Committee, 20 January 2005

Annex A - Written Ministerial Statement, 13 December 2004

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Prepared 7 April 2005