Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee

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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Membership[]

2020 to present[]

On 28 January 2020, Neil Parish was confirmed as the Committee's Chair-elect.[1] On 2 March 2020, the following members were appointed:[2]

Member Party Constituency
Neil Parish MP (Chair) Conservative Tiverton and Honiton
Geraint Davies MP Labour and Co-operative Swansea West
Dave Doogan MP SNP Angus
Rosie Duffield MP Labour Canterbury
Ian Byrne MP Labour Liverpool West Derby
Dr Neil Hudson MP Conservative Penrith and The Border
Robbie Moore MP Conservative Keighley
Mrs Sheryll Murray MP Conservative South East Cornwall
Barry Gardiner MP Labour Brent North
Julian Sturdy MP Conservative York Outer
Derek Thomas MP Conservative St Ives

2017 to 2019[]

On 12 July 2017, Neil Parish was elected as the Committee's Chair.[3] On 7 September 2017, the following members were appointed:[4]

Member Party Constituency
Neil Parish MP (Chair) Conservative Tiverton and Honiton
Alan Brown MP SNP Kilmarnock and Loudoun
John Grogan MP Labour Keighley
Dr Caroline Johnson MP Conservative Sleaford and North Hykeham
Kerry McCarthy MP Labour Bristol East
Sandy Martin MP Labour Ipswich
Sheryll Murray MP Conservative South East Cornwall
David Simpson MP DUP Upper Bann
Angela Smith MP Liberal Democrats Penistone and Stocksbridge
Julian Sturdy MP Conservative York Outer

Changes[]

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
2 November 2010 Nigel Adams MP (Conservative) Selby and Ainsty → Richard Drax MP (Conservative) South Dorset Hansard
22 December 2010 David Anderson MP (Labour) Blaydon → Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) Brent North Hansard
27 June 2011 Bill Esterson MP (Labour) Sefton Central → Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op) Kilmarnock and Loudoun Hansard
23 January 2012 Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour) Middlesbrough South and
East Cleveland 		→ Iain McKenzie MP (Labour) Inverclyde Hansard
Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op) Kilmarnock and Loudoun Margaret Ritchie MP (SDLP) South Down
5 November 2012 Amber Rudd MP (Conservative) Hastings and Rye → Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative) South East Cornwall Hansard
10 June 2013 Thomas Docherty MP (Labour) Dunfermline and West Fife → Emma Lewell-Buck MP (Labour) South Shields Hansard
4 November 2013 Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) Brent North → Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour) Poplar and Limehouse Hansard
George Eustice MP (Conservative) Camborne and Redruth Mark Spencer MP (Conservative) Sherwood
25 November 2013 Dan Rogerson MP (Liberal Democrats) North Cornwall → Roger Williams MP (Liberal Democrats) Brecon and Radnorshire Hansard

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Neil Parish confirmed as Chair-elect of Committee - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee membership agreed - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. ^ "Neil Parish elected as Chair". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee membership agreed". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2017-09-07.

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