Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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 bodies.
Current membership
Mr Michael Jack (Conservative, Fylde) (Chairman)
Ms Candy Atherton (Labour, Falmouth and Camborne)
Mr Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat, South East Cornwall)
David Burnside (Ulster Unionist, South
Antrim)
Mr David Drew (Labour, Stroud)
Patrick Hall (Labour, Bedford)
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Labour/Co-op, Edinburgh North
and Leith)
Mr David Lepper (Labour, Brighton Pavilion)
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative, Bridgwater)
Mr Austin Mitchell (Labour, Great Grimsby)
Diana Organ (Labour, Forest of Dean)
Joan Ruddock (Labour, Lewisham Deptford)
Mrs Gillian Shephard (Conservative, South West
Norfolk)
Alan Simpson (Labour, Nottingham South)
David Taylor (Labour, North West Leicestershire)
Paddy Tipping (Labour, Sherwood)
Mr Bill Wiggin (Conservative, Leominster)
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.
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
at
www.parliament.uk/efracom
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present
Parliament is at the back of this Report.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Matthew Hamlyn
(Clerk), Fiona McLean (Second Clerk), Jonathan Little and Dr Antonia
James (Committee Specialists), Marek Kubala (Inquiry Manager),
Louise Combs and Jim Lawford (Committee Assistants) and Anne Woolhouse
(Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of
Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for
general enquiries is 020 7219 5774; the Committee's e-mail address
is: efracom@parliament.uk.
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