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

The select committee scrutinised Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural industry.[1]

Membership

After the 1997 United Kingdom general election the committee had the following members:[2]

Member Party Constituency
Peter Luff MP (chair)[3] 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[4] 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

  1. ^ "Organic food industry 'out of control'". 2001-01-24. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  2. ^ "House of Commons - Agriculture - First Report". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  3. ^ "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Worcestershire Mid". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  4. ^ "BBC News | UK Politics | Brief career of 'parliamentary virgin'". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-11.

See also

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_Select_Committee
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