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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

Brexit: agriculture inquiry

Inquiry by the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, 18 January 2017 to 17 October 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 25 January 2017: Professor Wyn Grant, University of Warwick; Professor Alan Swinbank, University of Reading; Allan Wilkinson, Head of Food and Agriculture, HSBC Bank plc
  • 1 February 2017: Tim Breitmeyer, Deputy President, Country Land and Business Association; Tom MacMillan, Director of Innovation, Soil Association; George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association
  • 7 February 2017: Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy and Former President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists; Professor Joseph McMahon, Professor of Law, Dean of Sutherland School of Law, University College, Dublin.
  • 8 February 2017: Guy Smith, Vice-President, National Farmers’ Union; Wesley Aston; Chief Executive, Ulster Farmers’ Union. Peter Hardwick, Head of Exports, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB); Ian Wright, Director General, Food and Drink Federation; Jon Woolven, Strategy and Innovation Director, Institute of Grocery Distribution.
  • 22 February 2017: Richard Hebditch, External Affairs Director, National Trust; Tom Lancaster, Agricultural Policy Officer, RSPB; Professor Ian Hodge, Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University.
  • 1 March 2017: Professor Nigel Gibbens CBE, Chief Veterinary Officer; Pamela Thompson, Head of EU Exit Team for Animal and Plant Health, Defra.
  • 8 March 2017: George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Defra; Mike Rowe, Deputy Director for Future Agriculture Policy and the CAP, Defra