Agriculture Select Committee
The Agriculture Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was dissolved in 2001 and replaced by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee following the replacement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Remit
[edit]The select committee scrutinised the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[1][2] and the agricultural industry.[3]
Membership
[edit]After the 1997 United Kingdom general election the committee had the following members:[4]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Luff MP (chair)[5] | Conservative | Mid Worcestershire | |
| David Borrow MP | Labour | South Ribble | |
| David Drew MP | Labour | Stroud | |
| David Curry MP | Conservative | Skipton and Ripon | |
| Alan Hurst MP | Labour | Braintree | |
| Michael Jack MP | Conservative | Fylde | |
| Fiona Jones MP[6] | Labour | Newark | |
| Paul Marsden MP | Labour | Shrewsbury and Atcham | |
| Austin Mitchell MP | Labour | Great Grimsby | |
| Lembit Öpik MP | Lib Dems | Montgomeryshire | |
| Mark Todd MP | Labour | South Derbyshire | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Foot-and-mouth 'cover up' denied". BBC News. 21 March 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Call to lift sheep dip ban". BBC News. 23 May 2000. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Organic food industry 'out of control'". BBC News. 2001-01-24. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "House of Commons - Agriculture - First Report". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Worcestershire Mid". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "BBC News | UK Politics | Brief career of 'parliamentary virgin'". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.