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 meetings | 10
|
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 Ministers | 1
|
| 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 England | 1
|
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 27 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 25-30.4.09 | São Paulo and Brasília
| Jack, Gray, Jones, Strang, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £37,606 (estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 11.12.08 | Borough Market, Southwark
| Jack, Drew, Gray, Jones, Lepper
| 7A
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £173.50 |
| 11.3.09 | John Innes Centre, NorwichB
| Lepper | 2C
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £622.63 |
| 11.3.09 | Rothamsted Research, HarpendenB
| Jack, Drew, Jones | 1
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £252.60 |
| 25.3.09 | Syngenta, BracknellB
| Jack, Drew, Lepper, Strang
| 3C
| Inquiry into securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
| £526.10 |
| 23.4.09 | Institute of Animal Health and Merial, Pirbright, SurreyB
| Jack, Drew, Jones, Williams
| 2 | Ongoing 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
| Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: The English pig industry
| 96 | 13.1.09
| Received 18.3.09: published as Second Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Second Report: The work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 95 | 15.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
| 37 | 10.6.09
| Cm 7719, published 7.10.09
|
| Fourth Report: Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK
| 213-I | 21.7.09
| 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-II | 21.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Ofwat price review 2009
| 554-I | 22.7.09
| Received 7.10.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Ofwat Price Review 2009
| 554-II | 24.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
| 555-I | 23.9.09
| Cm 7741, published 19.11.09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Draft Flood and Water Management Bill
| 555-II | 30.9.09
| Not applicable |
| First Special Report: The potential of England's rural economy: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08
| 155 | 21.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: The English pig industry: Government response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09
| 391 | 2.4.09
| 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
| 1022 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: Ofwat Price Review 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09
| 1023 | 19.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Flooding: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review
| 245-i | 21.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Defra's Departmental Report 2008
| 1158-i | 3.2.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-ii | 16.9.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-ii | 14.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Dairy Farmers of Britain
| 971-iv | 28.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Waste Strategy for England 2007
| 1094-i | 9.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defra Departmental Annual Report and Estimates
| 1115-i | 12.11.09
| 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
| Inquiry | Number 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 |
| Total | 13
|
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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