§ Mr. Robert JacksonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list(a) the (i) task forces, (ii) review panels and (iii) advisory groups his Department has, (b) the remit of each and (c) the members of each together with their principal employment and their level of remuneration. [62816]
§ Mr. MorleyThe following sets out the remit, membership and members' remuneration of Advisory Groups whose members are appointed by MAFF Ministers, reflecting membership as at 31 December 1998. The remuneration figures include attendance payments and payments for preparatory work. Reasonable expenses are payable for members' travel and subsistence costs; these are specific to each member and have therefore not been included. Details of members' principal employment could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Neither the Ministry nor its Agencies have any Task Forces or Review Panels whose members are appointed by Ministers. However, there are several groups with flexible membership which have been formed either for a specific issue or on an on-going basis so that the Ministry may 110W involve industry and other interested parties in its processes. Attendance at meetings of these groups is voluntary and no remuneration or expenses are payable to those who attend. Attendance is apt to change from meeting to meeting, therefore details of these groups have not been given.
Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
To advise Health and Agriculture Ministers of Great Britain and Heads of the Departments of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on matters relating to the irradiation of food or the manufacture of novel foods or foods produced by novel processes, having regard to the views of relevant expert bodies.
£per meeting Prof. Peter John Aggett Member 138 Prof. Janet Mary Bainbridge Chairperson 176 Prof. Charles Brown Member 138 Dr. Philip John Dale Member 138 Dr. Michael J. Gasson Member 138 Dr. John Heritage Member 138 Prof. David Arthur Ledward Member 138 Reverend Dr. Michael Jonathan Reiss Member 138 Prof. Ian Rowland Member 138 Mrs. E. Russell Member 138 Prof. Thomas Andrew Bruce Sanders Member 138 Prof. Herbert Sewell Member 138 Dr. Norman Alan Simmons Member 138 Prof. Ronald Walker Member 138 Prof. H. F. Woods Member 138 Advisory Committee on Pesticides
To advise Ministers, either when requested to do so or otherwise, on any matters relating to the control of pests including the safety of pesticides in respect of people, animals, crops and the environment.
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£ per meeting Prof. Sir Colin Leonard Berry Chairperson 175 Prof. Alan Boobis Member 138 Mrs. Elaine Prosser Brown Member 138 Prof. Peter Calow Member 138 Dr. Andree Denise Carter Member 138 Prof. David N. M. Coggon Member 138 Prof. Donald L. Lee Member 138 Mr. Jim Orson Member 138 Mrs. Sylvia Mary Owen Member 138 Dr. Alexander Thompson Proudfoot Member 138 Prof. Thomas Michael Roberts Member 138 Prof. Geoffrey Roger Sagar CBE Deputy Chairperson 138 Prof. Ian C. Shaw Member 138 Dr. Colin A. Soutar Member 138 Prof. Paul Webster Member 138 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees
To advise housing authorities on the agricultural need and urgency when a farmer asks the authority to re-house an ex-employee, because he needs the accommodation for an incoming worker. An ADHAC is formed to deal with each individual case. When an ADHAC is formed, a Chair is chosen from amongst the members.
£ per day Anglia Region Mr. Christopher J. Barker Member 86 Mr. A. F. Felstead Member 86 Ms Jeanette Irene Firrell Member 86 Mr. C. Gillot Member 86 Mr. M. J. Harrison Member 86 Mr. Edward Thomas Kirby Member 86 Mr. A. W. J. Langford Member 86 Mr. Peter G. Scates Member 86 East Midlands Region Mr. B. J. Clayton Member 86 Miss Emma J. Huntsman Member 86 Mr. Thomas Anthony Twigg Member 86 Mr. A. R. Wylde Member 86 North Eastern Region Mr. Derek R. Gardner Member 86 Mr. Kenneth Graham Member 86 South Mercia Region Mr. Raymond Druett Member 86 Mr. C. Patrick Love Member 85 Mrs. Evelyn Mary Milton Member 86 Mr. Glyn Nicholas Member 86 Mrs. Joyce E. Thomas Member 86 Mr. Roger Bailey Weaver Member 86 Wessex Region Mr. George R. Bartaby Member 86 Mr. G. C. Clifton Member 86 Mr. K. A. Parsons Member 86 Committee of Investigation for Great Britain
To consider and report to the Minister, if the Minister concerned with agriculture in the area effected directs, on; (i) any report made by the appropriate Consumers' Committee appointed under section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958, (ii) any complaints made to the Minister as to the operation of a marketing scheme applicable to England and Wales, to Great Britain or to the United Kingdom which, in the opinion of the Minister, could not be considered by a Consumers' Committee, (iii) any question referred to the Minister under section 20(3) of the 1958 Act, which deals with directions that may be given by the Minister to Marketing Boards.
£ per day Mr. Raymond Harris Member 130 Mr. Hugh Humphreys-Jones Member 130 Mrs. Rowena Lawrence-Mills Bsc Member 130 Dame Sheila Masters CBE Member 130 Mrs. Eileen Masterman Member 130 Mrs. Suzan Matthews QC Chairperson 253 Mr. Denis G. G. Moloney LLB Member 130 Consumers Committee for Great Britain
To consider and report to the Minister on:
- (i) the effect of Agricultural Marketing Schemes (now only wool) on consumers.
112 - (ii) any complaints made to the Committees, on the schemes by consumers.
Name Mrs. Dorothy Cockerell Member Expenses only Mrs. Barbara L. M. Hawkins Member Expenses only Mrs. Janet Laurence Chairperson Expenses only Mr. John Murphy Member Expenses only Mrs. Joy Roberts Member Expenses only Mrs. Marjorie Snowden Member Expenses only Mr. Gilbert Tracy Member Expenses only Consumer Panel
To bring to the attention of Ministers food issues of concern to consumers; to advise on the transparency for consumers of Ministers food policies; to advise on the transmission to consumers of advice and information relating to Ministers' policies.
£ per meeting MAFF Minister of State, Mr. Rooker Chairperson Nil Mrs. Susan Baker Member 139 Dr. John Godfrey Member 139 Mr. John Keith Hosker Member 139 Miss Jane Lloyd Hughes Member 139 Mrs. Mary H. Kidd JP Member 139 Mrs. Janet Laurence Member 139 Ms Eva Lewis Member 139 Ms Jacqueline Salfield Member 139 Mrs. Phyllis M. Sluice Member 139 Dr. Jane Wilde Member 139 An additional fee of £28 is payable for writing papers which are discussed in meetings.
Farm Animal Welfare Council
To keep under review the welfare of farm animals on agricultural land, at markets, in transit and at place of slaughter, and to advise Agriculture Ministers of any legislative or other changes that may be necessary.
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£ per meeting Prof. Mike Baxter Member 111 Mrs. Rosemary Berry Member 111 Mr. Glenn Berry Member 111 Prof. Donald M. Broom Member 111 Prof. Stephen R. L. Clark Member 111 Mr. John A. C. Don Member 111 Dr. Peter Roderick English Member 111 Mr. Tim Charles Harris Member 111 Ms Vicki Hird Member 111 Mr. Gareth Jones Lloyd Member 111 Mr. Anthony Robin Lucas Member 111 Mrs. Judy Macarthur Clark Member 111 Mr. Richard Maunder Member 111 Prof. John Peter McInerney OBE Member 111 Miss Miriam Jane Parker Member 111 Dr. Mark Pattison Member 111 Dr. Martin James Potter Member 111 Mr. Francis Edward Shields OBE Member 111 Prof. Sir Colin Raymond William Speeding CBE Chairperson 176 Mr. Paul Staines MBE Member 111 Mrs. Josephine Margaret Turnbull Member 111 Mr. Mike Vaughan Member 111 Dr. Agnes Winter Member 111 Food Advisory Committee
To assess the risks to humans of chemicals which are used in or on food and to advise Ministers on the exercise of powers in the Food Safety Act 1990 relating to the labelling, composition and chemical safety of food. The Committee will also advise Ministers on general matters relating to food safety. In exercising its functions the Food Advisory Committee will take the advice and work of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT), the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP), the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) and other relevant advisory committees into account.
£ per meeting Mrs. Matti Alderson Member 138 Prof. Sir Colin Murray Campbell Chairperson 176 Mr. Neville Craddock Member 138 Mrs. Dorothy Craig Member 138 Dr. E. Maureen S. Edmonson Member 138 Prof. Catherine Geissler Member 138 Dr. Catherine Humphries Member 138 Dr. Christopher Llewelyn Member 138 Prof. Alan Malcolm Member 138 Mr. Roger Manley Deputy Chairperson 138 Dr. Charles McDonald Member 138 Mr. Thomas Miller Member 138 Prof. Christopher Ritson Member 138 Prof. Susan Shaw Member 138 Mr. Philip William Strachan Member 138 Prof. H. Frank Woods Member 138 Hill Fanning Advisory Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
To advise on any hill farming matters referred to them by the Minister and the Secretary of State for Wales.
Name MAFF Parliamentary Secretary, Mr. Morley Chairperson Nil Mr. Edmund S. Bailey Member Expenses only Mr. Richard Betton Member Expenses only Mr. William John Cockbain Member Expenses only Mr. Philip Henry Cornelius Member Expenses only Mrs. Esther Baddeley Cummins Member Expenses only Mrs. Joyce Gilman Member Expenses only Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hayton Member Expenses only Mr. Patrick J. Kelly Member Expenses only Mr. Cyril Stobart Lewis Member Expenses only Mrs. Rosemary Ann Mudge Member Expenses only Mr. Colin Passmore Member Expenses only Mr. David Pearson Member Expenses only Mr. T. D. Prince Member Expenses only Mr. Hugh Robert Thomas Member Expenses only Mr. John Vaughan Deputy Chairperson Expenses only Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
To provide scientifically-based advice to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and territorial departments on matters relating to spongiform encephalopathies, taking due account of the remit of other bodies with related responsibilities.
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£ per day Prof. Adriano Aguzzi Member 186 Prof. Jeffrey William Almond Member 186 Prof. Roy Anderson FRS Member 186
£ per day Mr. Christopher Bostock Member 186 Mr. Raymond Bradley OBE Member 186 Prof. Fred Brown Member 186 Prof. John Collinge Member 186 Prof. Anne Ferguson Member 186 Dr. Peter N. Goodfellow FRS Member 186 Prof. William D. Hueston Member 186 Prof. Harriet Kimbell MBE Member 186 Dr. Richard Henry Kimberlin OBE Member 186 Dr. Michael John Painter Member 186 Prof. Sir John Ridley Pattison Chairperson 218 Mr. David Barton Pepper Member 186 Prof. Peter George Smith Member 186 Dr. William Albert Watson CB Member 186 Dr. Robert George Will Deputy Chairperson 186 Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee
Under section 68 of the Food Act 1984, as amended by the Food Safety Act 1990.The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales are required to prepare, each year after consultation with the sugar beet processors and growers, a programme for carrying out research and education in matters affecting the growing of home grown sugar beet.The Act also provides for the programme to be brought into effect by means of an order, and to be financed by a levy on the producers and growers.
£ per meeting Dr. Michael J. Armstrong Member 155 Mr. Melvyn Frank Askew Member 155 Dr. David James Carmichael Member 155 Mr. Christopher Robert Arthur Carter Member 155 Mr. Hugh Roger Dyas Chairperson 181 Prof. John H. R. Hoyles Member 155 Prof. Roger Plumb Member 155 Veterinary Products Committee
To give advice with respect to safety, quality and efficacy in relation to the veterinary use of any substance or article (not being an instrument, apparatus or appliance) to which any provision of the Medicines Act is applicable. To promote the collection of information relating to suspected adverse reactions for the purpose of enabling such advice to be given.
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£ per day Prof. Ian Douglas Aitken OBE Chairperson 210 Dr. David Nicholas Bateman Member 165 Dr. Arnold S. Cooke Member 165 Prof. Anthony Dayan Member 165 Prof. Rosalind Margaret Gaskell Member 165 Prof. George Gettinby Member 165 Mrs. S. Janet Graham Member 165 Prof. J. Harrington CBE Member 165 Prof. Charles Anthony Hart Member 165 Dr. R. J. Heitzman Member 165 Dr. Michael H. Jepson Member 165 Prof. Karl A. Linklater Member 165 Dr. W. J. McCaughey Member 165 Prof. Quentin McKellar Member 165 Prof. Andrea Mary Nolan Member 165 Dr. Mark Pattison Member 165 Mrs. Susan Pauline Payne Member 165 Dr. Christopher J. Powell Member 165 Prof. Randolph Harvey Richards Member 165
£ per day Mr. David Skilton Member 165 Prof. Howard Norman Ernest Stevens Member 165 Mr. Richard Arthur Wickham Member 165 Dr. David Fergusson Wishart Member 165 Independent Scientific Group on Cattle Tuberculosis
To advise Ministers on implementation of the Krebs Report on bovine TB in cattle and badgers by:overseeing the design and analysis of the randomised trial to test the effectiveness of badger culling as a means of controlling bovine TB;regularly monitoring the progress of, and outputs from, the experiment and assessing any important differences in results between treatments;monitoring the data on Bovine TB in areas and species outside the experiment;reporting to Ministers on progress; andadvising, as requested, on related issues.
£per hour Prof. John Bourne MRCVS, CBE Chairperson 25.70 Dr. Christi Donnelly Deputy Chairperson 21.25 Sir David Cox FBA, FRS Member 21.25 Prof. George Gettinby FRSE Member 21.25 Prof. Ivan Morrison FRSE Member 21.25 Institute for Animal Health Member 21.25 Dr. Rosie Woodroffe Member 21.25 Prof. John McInerney OBE, FRSA1 Member 21.25 1Co-opted member The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group
To review existing policies and legislation in England and Wales concerning the management and conservation of salmon, trout, eels and freshwater fish and make recommendations. The review and recommendations should take particular account of:the need to maintain, and where appropriate enhance, biodiversity;the need to maximise the economic, social and recreational benefits derived from salmon and freshwater fisheries, taking account both of the interests of local communities and local factors and traditions;the need for management of fisheries to be on a fully sustainable basis, taking account of the precautionary approach.The review should also consider other factors that may affect the development and sustainability of these fisheries.The review should examine the institutional arrangements for the regulation and management of these fisheries (including the role of the public sector, the need to involve all interested parties, and arrangements in tidal and coastal waters) and how best such arrangements can be funded.
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Name Prof. Lynda Warren Chairperson Expenses only Dr. Nick Giles Member Expenses only Mr. John Golding Member Expenses only Dr. Keith Hendry Member Expenses only Mr. Derek Heselton MBE Member Expenses only Mr. David Hodgkiss Member Expenses only Mrs. Jean Howman Member Expenses only Mrs Jane James Member Expenses only Dr. Mike Ladle Member Expenses only Mr. Frank Lythgoe Member Expenses only Mr. David Moore Member Expenses only
Name Mr. Mervyn Mountjoy Member Expenses only Mr. Pat O'Reilly Member Expenses only Mr. Stanley Payne Member Expenses only Dr. Anne Powell Member Expenses only Mr. John Williams Member Expenses only