Annex A
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
| Members
Jack, Mr Michael (Chairman)
Cox, Mr Geoffrey
Drew, Mr David
Gray, Mr James
Hall, Patrick
Jones, Lynne
Kawczynski, Daniel (discharged 18.12.07)
Lepper, David
McIntosh, Miss Anne (added 18.12.07)
Moon, Mrs Madeleine (discharged 8.11.07)
Reed, Mr Jamie (discharged 8.11.07)
Rogerson, Mr Dan
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Strang, Dr Gavin (added 8.11.07)
Taylor, David
Tipping, Paddy (added 8.11.07)
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
50 out of 51
13 out of 51
45 out of 51
33 out of 51
17 out of 51
32 out of 51
0 out of 9
28 out of 51
31 out of 42
0 out of 1
0 out of 1
18 out of 51
20 out of 51
37 out of 50
38 out of 51
39 out of 50
35 out of 51
61.1 %
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 51 |
Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 23 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 28 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities | |
| Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 8 |
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 0 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Frank Farquharson, Prof. Colin Green, Dr. Susan Gubbay,
Dr. Jim Watson and Farhana Yamin.
Witnesses
| Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
| Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers
| 6 |
| Members of the House of Commons
| 5 |
| Members of the House of Lords (of whom 2 were also Ministers)
| 4 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 10 |
| Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| Committee on Climate Change
| 1 |
| Environment Agency |
2 |
| Natural England | 2
|
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 41 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 4-5.12.07 | Lyon
| Jack, Drew, Gray, Jones, Taylor, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into Flooding
| £6,444.31 |
| 28-29.1.08 | BrusselsA
| Jones | 0
| 'EUFORES' Inter-parliamentary meeting
| £546.35 |
| 2-4.6.08 | RomeA
| Jack | 0
| High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
| £1,106.38 |
| 16-20.11.08 | São Paulo, BrazilA
| Jones | 0
| International Conference on Biofuels
| £5,891.70 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 9-10.7.08 | Brussels
| Jack, Jones, Taylor, Williams
| 2 | Visit to the European Commission and the European Parliament
| £3,524.23 |
| 3-4.11.08 | BrusselsA
| Jack, Williams | 1
| Joint Committee Meeting on Agriculture
| £1,792.53 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 27.11.07 | Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
| Jack, Drew, Jones, Strang, Tipping, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into Badgers and cattle TB
| £310.20 |
| 29-30.1.08 | Lincoln
| Jack, Lepper, Tipping, Williams
| 7A | Inquiry into Flooding
| £4,054.90 |
| 26.6.08 | Essex coastB
| Jack, Drew, Gray, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into the Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| £1,101.30 |
| 2-3.7.08 | North Yorkshire
| Jack, Drew, Jones, Rogerson
| 5C | Inquiry into the potential of England's rural economy
| £4,388.58 |
| 8.10.08 | Beddington Farmlands waste management site, Croydon
| Jack, Jones, Lepper, Tipping
| 2 | Inquiry into the Waste Strategy for England 2007
| £133.50 |
A
Includes 1 specialist adviser and 1 shorthand writer
B Travel in a representative
capacity
C Includes 1 shorthand
writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: The UK Government's "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy": Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of session 2006-07
| 48 | 13.11.07
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: Climate change: the "citizen's agenda": Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of session 2006-07
| 189 | 18.12.07
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007
| 250 | 23.1.08
| Not required |
| Fourth Report: Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
| 130-I | 27.2.08
| Received 7.7.08: published as Tenth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
| 130-II | 27.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Flooding
| 49-I | 7.5.08
| Received 25.6.08: published as First Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Flooding
| 49-II | 7.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
| 348 | 14.5.08
| Received 14.7.08: published as Second Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Seventh Report: Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England
| 412 | 10.6.08
| Received 21.7.08: published as Third Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Eighth Report: British Waterways: Follow-up
| 438 | 1.7.08
| Received 4.8.08: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Ninth Report: Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 656-I | 22.7.08
| Cm 7422, published 25.9.08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 656-II | 22.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Tenth Report: Badgers and Cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB-Government response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1010 | 23.7.08
| Received 22.9.08: to be published as Sixth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Eleventh Report: The potential of England's rural economy
| 544-I | 29.10.08
| Awaited |
| Oral and Written Evidence: The potential of England's rural economy
| 544-II | 29.10.08
| Not applicable |
| First Special Report: Flooding: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| 901 | 8.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08
| 1011 | 24.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 1080 | 14.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: British Waterways: follow-up: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1081 | 15.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Special Report: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
| 1099 | 6.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Special Report: Badgers and cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1178 | January 2009
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Departmental Annual Report 2007 and Defra priorities
| 121 | 17.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Climate change: the "citizen's agenda" and the Bali Summit
| 362-i | 29.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Committee on Climate Change
| 462-i | 21.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: English pig industry
| 1088-i | 17.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: English pig industry
| 1088-ii | 29.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-i | 21.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-ii | 17.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-iii | 24.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1100-iv | 26.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defra's Departmental Report 2008
| 1158-i | 3.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| 1178-i | 7.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: British Waterways: NAO examination of BW finances
| | 9.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Marine Bill
| | 16.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Responsibility and Cost Sharing for Animal Health and Welfare
| | 16.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Autumn Performance Report 2007
| | 23.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Winter Supplementary Estimates and Resource Accounts 2006-07
| | 23.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Grey squirrels and invasive alien species
| | 19.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Prohibition by the Republic of Ireland of imported cattle and sheep from bluetongue restricted zones
| | 30.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Autumn Performance Report 2007
| | 30.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Defra expenditure and Spring Supplementary Estimate
| | 30.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Bovine TB Government response delay
| | 7.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: letters from Professors Bourne and King
| | 11.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Flooding: Ofwat response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| | 16.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Memorandum containing the Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08
| | 9.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence with Defra: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
| | 22.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Badgers and cattle TB: Letter from the Badgers Trust regarding herds overdue for TB testing
| | 13.11.08
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: The UK Government's
"Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy", received
13.11.07 and published as the Committee's First Report Session
2007-08.
Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: Climate change:
the "citizen's agenda", received 15.11.07 and published
as the Committee's Second Report Session 2007-08.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/efracom.
Divisions
None.
Debates
Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons or Westminster
Hall on 1 occasion. Further details can be found in the Committee's
Sessional Report.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session[3]
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Badgers and cattle TB: the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on cattle TBA
| 2 |
| Climate change: the "citizen's agenda"A
| 1 |
| Committee on Climate Change
| 1 |
| Defra prioritiesA
| 2 |
| Defra's Departmental Report 2008
| 1 |
| Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
| 2 |
| FloodingA |
10 |
| Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England
| 1 |
| The potential of England's rural economy
| 1 |
| Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
| 2 |
| Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1 |
| Total | 24
|
A
The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2006-07;
figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 1 (2006-07))
3 On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised
two separate oral evidence sessions. Back
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