Agriculture Select Committee
{{Short description|UK government select committee, to 2001}}
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 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food{{cite web |title=Foot-and-mouth 'cover up' denied |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1233310.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=21 March 2001}}{{cite web |title=Call to lift sheep dip ban |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/759815.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=23 May 2000}} and the agricultural industry.{{Cite news |date=2001-01-24 |work=BBC News |title=Organic food industry 'out of control' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1134285.stm |access-date=2025-03-11 |language=en-GB}}
Membership
After the 1997 United Kingdom general election the committee had the following members:{{Cite web |title=House of Commons - Agriculture - First Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmagric/94/9401.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=publications.parliament.uk}}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" width="160px" |Member ! width="160px" |Party ! width="300px" |Constituency |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Peter Luff MP (chair){{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Worcestershire Mid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/645.stm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Borrow MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|David Drew MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|David Curry MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Alan Hurst MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Michael Jack MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Fiona Jones MP{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} UK Politics {{!}} Brief career of 'parliamentary virgin' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/299650.stm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}} |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Paul Marsden MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Austin Mitchell MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|Lembit Öpik MP |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Mark Todd MP |
References
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