Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 January 2008.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1  Overview of the Committee's work in 2007

Introduction

Visits

2  Core tasks

Government and EU policy proposals

Examination of emerging policies and deficiencies

Rural Payments Agency and the implementation of the Single Payment Scheme

Climate change

Badgers and cattle TB

Flooding

Draft Bills

Decisions and documents from Defra

Expenditure of Defra and associated public bodies

Public Service Agreements

Work of Defra's associated public bodies

Major appointments

Implementation of legislation and major policy initiatives

Informing debates in the House

Evidence from Ministers

3  Working methods

Setting priorities for our work

Maximising our time-effectiveness

Government responses to our Reports

Public involvement in the Committee's work

Media coverage

Reducing our own climate impact

Sources of information and assistance

Annex: Table of Government responses to Committee reports

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 23 January 2008