Appointment of the Chair of the Environment Agency - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Contents


1  Introduction


Pre-appointment hearings

1. The post of Chair of the Environment Agency is one of the positions to which the procedure for pre-appointment Parliamentary scrutiny applies.

  1. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon. Owen Paterson MP, wrote to the Chair on 5 June 2014 to indicate that Philip Dilley had been identified as the preferred candidate for the post of Chair of the Environment Agency. We were pleased to have the opportunity to question Mr Dilley prior to his appointment.



 
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