PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

THURSDAY 22 JUNE 2000
IN ROOM 223, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

Present:
Dr IRK Paisley MP MEP MLA (Chairman)
Mr B Armstrong MLA
Mr PJ Bradley MLA
Mr J Dallat MLA
Mr D Ford MLA
Mr G McHugh MLA
Mr I Paisley Jnr. MLA

Apologies:
Mr G Savage MLA (Deputy Chairman)
Mr B Douglas MLA
Mr G Kane MLA
Mr F Molloy MLA

In attendance:
Mr M Wilson
Mr P Moore
Mr S Cowan
Mr E Vance

The Chairman brought the meeting to order at 12 noon.

First Report: Retailing in Northern Ireland - A Fair Deal For The Farmer?

The draft report was read for the first time, paragraph by paragraph.

Title page, Contents and preamble read, amended and agreed.

Section 1 paragraphs 1.1 to 1.7 read and agreed.
Section 2 paragraph 2.1 read and agreed.
Section 2 paragraph 2.2 new paragraph to be inserted into report read and agreed.
Section 2 paragraphs 2.3 to 2.4 read and agreed.
Section 2 paragraph 2.5 new paragraph to be inserted into report read and agreed.

It was agreed in Sections 3 and 4 that the summaries of evidence given by each organisation should be prefaced by "(Name of Organisation) claimed that:".

Section 3 paragraphs 3.1 to 3.2.5 read and agreed.
Section 3 paragraph 3.2.6 read, amended and agreed.
Section 3 paragraphs 3.2.7 to 3.3.5 read and agreed.
Section 3 paragraph 3.2.6 read, amended and agreed.
Section 3 paragraphs 3.2.7 to 3.3.5 read and agreed.
Section 3 paragraph 3.3.6 read, amended and agreed.
Section 3 paragraph 3.3.7 read and agreed.
Section 4 paragraphs 4.1 to 4.2.2 read and agreed.
Section 4 paragraph 4.2.3 read, amended and agreed.
Section 4 paragraph 4.2.4 to 4.3 read and agreed.
Section 5 paragraphs 5.1 to 5.2 read and agreed.
Section 5 paragraph 5.2.1 read, amended and agreed.
Section 5 paragraph 5.2.2 read and agreed.
Section 5 paragraphs 5.2.3 to 5.2.5 read, amended and agreed.
Section 5 paragraph 5.2.6 read and agreed.
Section 5 paragraph 5.3 read, amended and agreed.
Section 5 paragraph 5.3.1 read and agreed.
Section 5 paragraphs 5.3.2 to 5.3.5 read, amended and agreed.

The Chairman concluded the meeting at 4.00pm.

Ian R K Paisley MP MEP MLA
Chairman

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