The Agriculture Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was dissolved in 2001 and replaced by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee following the replacement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Remit The select committee scrutinised the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the agricultural industry.
Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/366/committee-on-the-future-relationship-with-the-european-union/membership/former/
NameStartEndPartyConstituencyConservativeNewcastle upon Tyne NorthConservativeRyedaleConservativeHolland with BostonConservativeWeston-super-MareConservativeMid WorcestershireConservativeSkipton and Ripon
Membership After the 1997 United Kingdom general election the committee had the following members: MemberPartyConstituencyPeter Luff MP (chair)ConservativeMid WorcestershireDavid Borrow MPLabourSouth RibbleDavid Drew MPLabourStroudDavid Curry MPConservativeSkipton and RiponAlan Hurst MPLabourBraintreeMichael Jack MPConservativeFyldeFiona Jones MPLabourNewarkPaul Marsden MPLabourShrewsbury and AtchamAustin Mitchell MPLabourGreat GrimsbyLembit Öpik MPLib DemsMontgomeryshireMark Todd MPLabourSouth Derbyshire
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See also
Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom