President The Lord Plumb DL, FRAgS.
Rural Affairs, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Food
Click here to read the Land Business magazine report on the discussions on 'Food Security and Sustainability in the UK' held at the Conservative Party Conferance in Oct 2010.
Views sought on CAP reform - click here.
Farmers’ views on RPA appeals panels needed - click here.
The Conservative Rural Affairs Group very much welcomes the initiative shown by the Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs in increasing investment and support of the institute of Animal Health at Pirbright.
This recognises the importance of animal health research, and the development of vaccines that CRAG has been pressing on Ministers for some time. This initiative is particularly important in connection with the extremely urgent need to tackle the BTB epidemic that continues to increase
Our meeting in November went off very well. The resolutions can be seen in To DEFRA and the Minutes in the MINUTES sections of the website
NEXT MEETING
Thursday 26th January Commencing at 1.00pm and ending approx. 4.30pm
In No 3 Committee Room, House of Lords
AGENDA
Owing to unconfirmed times not necessarily in the final order.
- Welcome from the Chairman
- Apologies
- Minutes of last Meeting
- Chairman’s Report
- Treasurers Report
- Neil Parish MP Parliamentary Liaison Report
- Address. Professor Tim Benton “Global Food Security”
- Address. Dr Darren Hughes “Rothamsted Research” Present & Future.
- It is hoped James Nicholson MEP will join us to update us on the CAP
- We are awaiting final confirmation of timing and availability that one of the DEFRA team will attend
Meeting ends Approximately 4.30pm.
A reception and Buffet will be taking place at the Farmers Club from 5.30 pm until 7.00 for Patrons and Members.