Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure,
administration, and policy of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs and its associated bodies.
Current membership
Miss Anne McIntosh (Conservative, Thirsk and Malton)
(Chair)
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour, Middlesborough South and
East Cleveland)
Thomas Docherty (Labour, Dunfermline and West Fife)
Richard Drax, (Conservative, South Dorset)
Bill Esterson (Labour, Sefton Central)
George Eustice (Conservative, Camborne and Redruth)
Barry Gardiner (Labour, Brent North)
Mrs Mary Glindon (Labour, North Tyneside)
Neil Parish (Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton)
Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat, North Cornwall)
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Hastings and Rye)
Nigel Adams (Conservative, Selby and Ainsty) and
Mr David Anderson (Labour, Blaydon) were members of the Committee
during this inquiry.
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No. 152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications
The reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at
www.parliament.uk/efracom
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Richard Cooke
(Clerk), Lucy Johnson (Second Clerk), Sarah Coe (Committee Specialist—Environment),
Rebecca Ross (Committee Specialist—Agriculture), Clare Genis
(Senior Committee Assistant), Jim Lawford and Mandy Sullivan (Committee
Assistants) and Hannah Pearce (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of
Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for
general enquiries is 020 7219 5774; the Committee's e-mail address
is: efracom@parliament.uk. Media inquiries should be addressed
to Hannah Pearce on 020 7219 8430.
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