House of Commons - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Eleventh Report

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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Eleventh Report

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 22 October 2008.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction

The potential benefits

Background to the inquiry

The Burgess and Taylor reviews

Understanding the rural economy

2 Defra's "Strong Rural Communities" Objective

Defra's previous rural affairs target

Defra's new Departmental Strategic Objective

The marginalisation of rural affairs?

What is a "Strong Rural Community"?

Intermediate Outcome No. 1: needs of rural people and communities

Intermediate Outcome No. 2: rural economic growth

3 Measuring performance

The indicators

The data

The missing pieces

4 Delivering results

Defra's resources

Key delivery bodies

Regional Development Agencies

Local authorities

The Commission for Rural Communities

5 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendices

Appendix 1: original terms of reference

Appendix 2: list of the overview areas and indicators for the "Strong Rural Communities" DSO

Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
Wednesday 7 May 2008
Monday 12 May 2008
Wednesday 2 July 2008
Wednesday 16 July 2008
Written Evidence

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Prepared 29 October 2008