House of Commons Health Select Committee

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A Select committee is one that is set up by the House of Commons or Lords, usually for a whole Parliament, to look at particular subjects. In the House of Commons the select committees examine the expenditure, administration and policy of each of the main government departments and associated public bodies. Select committees have the power to take evidence and issue reports

In 2003-2004 a Health select committee was established to undertake an inquiry into obesity.

The MPs sitting on the committee at that time were:


The special advisors to the inquiry on obesity were: [1]

Prior to the 1997 General Election in the UK, the Labour Party had proposed that a new structure should be developed for the control of food safety and the title “Food Standards Agency “ was used for this concept. On the 7th March 1997, the Tony Blair asked Professor Philip James to propose the structure and function of a Food Standards Agency. [3] His interim proposals were completed on the 30th April 1997 and were presented to the new Prime Minister on the 8th May [4] Professor James was involved in the situation with Dr Arpad Pusztai where it was claimed he "gagged" Dr Pusztai over controversial research into GM.

  • Professor Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University

Supplementary research was provided by:

Notes

  1. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/23/23.pdf House of Commons Health Committee Third Report Session 2003-2004 accessed 4 December 2007
  2. Ken Fox accessed 4 December 2007
  3. http://www.foodlaw.rdg.ac.uk/uk/AGENCY1A.HTM#1 Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading accessed 10 December 2007
  4. http://archive.food.gov.uk/maff/archive/food/james/cont.htm accessed 10 December 207