§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the estimated cost of the new Food Standards Agency; and
What are the terms of reference of the new Food Standards Agency; and
What is the proposed membership and method of working of the new Food Standards Agency.
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§ The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue)A period of consultation on the report by Professor Philip James on a Food Standards Agency has recently concluded. The Government are now considering the issues raised by the responses to that consultation, including the matters mentioned by the noble Baroness, with a view to reaching decisions on how to proceed in establishing the agency. It is the Government's intention to publish a White Paper in the autumn.