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 8 March 2006.

Oral evidence Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

on Tuesday 7 February 2006

Members present:

Mr Michael Jack, in the Chair	Daniel Kawczynski
Mr David Drew	Mrs Madeleine Moon
Patrick Hall	Mr Dan Rogerson
Lynne Jones	David Taylor

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by Central Science Laboratory (CSL) (BTB 02)

Memorandum submitted by the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB (ISG) (BTB 15)

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Witnesses: Professor John Bourne, Chairman, Professor Christl Donnelly, Deputy Chairman, and Dr Rosie Woodroffe, Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB, Professor H Charles J Godfray FRS, Chairman, Independent Scientific Review of the Randomised Badger Culling Trial, and Dr Chris Cheeseman, Central Science Laboratory, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-51

Memorandum submitted by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) (BTB 20)

Memorandum submitted by the Badger Trust (BTB 27)

Witnesses: Mr Tim Bennett, President, National Farmers' Union, Mr Meurig Raymond, Vice President, National Farmers' Union, Mr David Williams, Chairman, Badger Trust and Mr Trevor Lawson, Media Adviser, Badger Trust, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

52-59

60-79

80-81

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Badger Trust (BTB 27a)

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Prepared 15 March 2006