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Responding to price volatility: creating a more resilient agricultural sector inquiry

Inquiry by the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, 9 December 2015 to 22 November 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 December 2015: Professor Wyn Morgan, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Economics, University of Sheffield, Professor Tim Lloyd, Professor of Economics, Bournemouth University, and Professor Steve McCorriston, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Exeter
  • 16 December 2015: Philip Becknell, Head of Food and Farming, National Farmers’ Union, Ross Murray, President, Country Land and Business Association, and Paul Wilson, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Nottingham, Lynsey Martin, AGRI Steering Group Chairman, National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, and George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association
  • 13 January 2016: Sir Peter Kendall, Chairman, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Eirwen Williams, Director, Menter a Busnes, David Gardner, Chief Executive, Royal Agricultural Society of England
  • 20 January 2016: Mr Tassos Haniotis, Director, Economic Analysis, Perspectives and Evaluations; Communication, DG AGRI, European Commission
  • 27 January 2016: His Excellency the Rt Hon Sir Lockwood Smith, High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom, and Dr Jared Greenville, Senior Agriculture Policy Analyst, OECD
  • 3 February 2016: Oliver McEntyre, National Agriculture Strategy Director, Barclays Agriculture, Allan Wilkinson, Head of Agriculture and Food, HSBC, Lindsay Sinclair, Group Chief Executive, NFU Mutual, and Dr Harald Jahn, Head of Division, Natural Resources and Agro-Industry, European Investment Bank
  • 10 February 2016: George Eustice MP, Minister for Farming, Food and Marine Environment, Defra, Ian Mitchell, Deputy Director for International and Strategy Analysis, Defra, and Tim Mordan, Deputy Director, Farming Productivity, Defra, Robert Johansson, Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture (via videoconference)