Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Second Report
The work of the Committee in 2008-09

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 December 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1  Overview of the Committee's work in 2009

Introduction

Committee activity

Visits

2  Core tasks

Government and EU policy proposals

Examination of emerging policies and of deficiencies

Draft Bills

Decisions and documents from Defra

Expenditure of Defra and associated bodies

Public Service Agreements

Work of Defra's associated public bodies

Major appointments

Implementation of legislation and major policy initiatives

Informing debates in the House

Evidence from Ministers

3  Working methods

Government Responses

Public involvement in the Committee's work

Media coverage

Reducing our own environmental impact

Sources of information and assistance

Annex A: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Annex B: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee

Annex C: Government Response Table

Government Response Table
The potential of England's rural economy—11^th Report

The English pig industry—1st Report

Energy efficiency and fuel poverty—3rd Report

Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK—4th Report

Ofwat Price Review 2009—5th Report

Annex D: Informal meetings of the Committee

Session 2008-09

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 7 January 2010