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


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

Lepper, David

McIntosh, Anne

Rogerson, Dan

Soulsby, Sir Peter

Strang, Gavin

Taylor, David

Tipping, Paddy

Williams, Mr Roger

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

38 out of 38

12 out of 38

27 out of 38

23 out of 38

5 out of 38

27 out of 38

23 out of 38

24 out of 38

11 out of 38

1 out of 38

18 out of 38

28 out of 38

23 out of 38

25 out of 38

53.6 %

Total number of meetings: 38

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 13
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 25
Other activities
Informal meetings10

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

Dr Richard Clutterbuck, Frank Farquharson, Prof. Colin Green and Dr Jim Watson.

Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers1
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers 1
Members of the House of Lords 0
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Environment Agency 1
Natural England1
Appearances by other witnesses 27

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
25-30.4.09São Paulo and Brasília Jack, Gray, Jones, Strang, Williams 2Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK £37,606 (estimated outturn)

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
11.12.08Borough Market, Southwark Jack, Drew, Gray, Jones, Lepper 7A Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK £173.50
11.3.09John Innes Centre, NorwichB Lepper2C Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK £622.63
11.3.09Rothamsted Research, HarpendenB Jack, Drew, Jones1 Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK £252.60
25.3.09Syngenta, BracknellB Jack, Drew, Lepper, Strang 3C Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK £526.10
23.4.09Institute of Animal Health and Merial, Pirbright, SurreyB Jack, Drew, Jones, Williams 2Ongoing scrutiny into animal health £364.30

A Includes 1 shorthand writer

B Travel in a representative capacity

C Includes 1 specialist adviser

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2008-09) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: The English pig industry 9613.1.09 Received 18.3.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
Second Report: The work of the Committee in 2007-08 9515.1.09 Not applicable
Third Report: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty 3710.6.09 Cm 7719, published 7.10.09
Fourth Report: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK 213-I21.7.09 Received 8.10.09: published as Third Special Report Session 2008-09
Oral and Written Evidence: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK 213-II21.7.09 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Ofwat price review 2009 554-I22.7.09 Received 7.10.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
Oral and Written Evidence: Ofwat Price Review 2009 554-II24.7.09 Not applicable
Sixth Report: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill 555-I23.9.09 Cm 7741, published 19.11.09
Oral and Written Evidence: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill 555-II30.9.09 Not applicable
First Special Report: The potential of England's rural economy: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08 15521.1.09 Not applicable
Second Special Report: The English pig industry: Government response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09 3912.4.09 Not applicable
Third Special Report: Securing food supplies up to 2050: The Government's Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2008-09 102219.10.09 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Ofwat Price Review 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09 102319.10.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Flooding: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review 245-i21.5.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Defra's Departmental Report 2008 1158-i3.2.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain 971-ii16.9.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain 971-ii14.10.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain 971-iv28.10.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007 1094-i9.11.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defra Departmental Annual Report and Estimates 1115-i12.11.09 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain: written evidence 28.10.09 Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08

Reply to the Committee's Eleventh Report: The potential of England's rural economy, received 29.12.08 and published as the Committee's First Special Report Session 2008-09.

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

A Committee report was tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House of Commons 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
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Dairy Farmers of Britain 3
Defra's Departmental Report 2009 1
FloodingA 1
Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK 7
Waste Strategy for England 2007A 1
Total13

A The Committee took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 2007-08; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC1 (2007-08))


 
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