Select Committee · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Work of Defra

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 May 2024
Inquiry scopeSeparate from our inquiries, the Committee holds regular evidence sessions with the Secretary of State, other Defra Ministers and senior officials to question them on the work of the Department on a wide range of current and ongoing issues. The transcripts of those sessions and follow-up written evidence will be collected here.

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
26 Mar 2024
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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24 Oct 2023
Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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28 Mar 2023
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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6 Dec 2022
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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1 Feb 2022
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
George Eustice · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Who gave evidence

5 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Tamara Finkelstein · Permanent Secretary Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5
Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey · Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2
George Eustice · Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP · Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP · Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1

Correspondence

7 letters

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