Lord Willloughby de Brokeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which committees of inquiry have been established to examine the foot-and-mouth epidemic; who are the chairman and members of each inquiry; what is the date on which each inquiry began or will begin its work; and what is the date on which each inquiry expects to report its findings. [HL1266]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)On 9 August 2001 my right honourable friend the Prime Minister announced two independent inquiries into the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak namely the "Lessons learned" inquiry and the Royal Society study.
122WAThe "Lessons Learned" inquiry, chaired by Dr Iain Anderson, does not have a panel of members. Instead a secretariat works directly with Dr Anderson. This inquiry will not formally begin until it is clear that it will not distract from the eradication of FMD and Dr Anderson has been asked to make recommendations six months after its official start.
The members of the committee for the Royal Society study are as follows: Professor Sir Brian Follett FRS (Chairman), Mr Peter Allen, Professor Patrick Bateson FRS, Mr David Black, Professor Fred Brown FRS, Mr Roger Eddy, Ms Suzi Leather, Professor Simon Levin, Professor Karl Linklater, Ms Jeanette Longfield, Professor Ian McConnell, Dr Angela Maclean, Professor Andrew McMichael FRS, Dr Jenny Mumford and Professor Robin Weiss FRS. The committee held its first meeting on 3 October 2001 and plans to report its findings by summer 2002.