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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Work of DEFRA: Health and Harmony inquiry

Inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 1 March 2018 to 12 October 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 14 March 2018: Guy Smith, Deputy President, National Farmers Union, Tim Breitmeyer, President, Country Land and Business Association, and George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association; Richard Hebditch, Government Affairs Director, National Trust, Tom Lancaster, Principal Policy Officer for Land Use, Royal Society for Protection of Birds, Arlin Rickard, Chief Executive, The Rivers Trust, and Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, The Wildlife Trusts (at 10.30am).
  • 18 April 2018: Dr Ben Caldecott, Senior Associate Fellow, Bright Blue, Angela Francis, Chief Economist, Green Alliance, and Michael Taylor, Economics Research Fellow, Policy Exchange; Tim Bennett, Chairman, Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock, Fraser Black, Chief Executive Officer, Crop Health and Protection, Professor Simon Blackmore, Head of Robotic Agriculture, Harper Adams University, and Tom Hind, Chief Strategy Officer, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (at 3.45pm).
  • 25 April 2018: Professor Janet Dwyer, Professor of Rural Policy, University of Gloucester and Director of Countryside and Community Research Institute, Phil Stocker, Chief Executive, National Sheep Association, Jilly Greed, co-founder, Ladies in Beef, and Peter Dawson, Policy and Sustainability Director, Dairy UK; Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor, Compassion in World Farming, Vicki Hird, Sustainable Farming Campaign Coordinator, Sustain, Professor Tim Lang, Centre for Food Policy, City University, and Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association (at 3.45pm).
  • 2 May 2018: George Eustice MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Guy Horsington, Deputy Director for Future Farming Policy and the Agriculture Bill, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 10.30am).