EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ON FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
Preliminary Draft Programme
For the visit of a delegation of the temporary committee to
Wales, Devon and Gloucestershire
From Wednesday 19 June to Saturday 22 June 2002
Wednesday, 19 June
13.30 Departure by coach to Zaventem airport
15.10 Members to fly to Birmingham airport.
15.20 Arrival in Birmingham
18.00 - 19.00 Short meeting at Welshpool Livestock Sales
Auctioneer John Jones:
Experts:
PPE/ED: Phil Owens
PSE: Mr P.C. Jinman (local vet) or Mr Huw Brodie (Welsh Assembly)
Other groups: …………
20.30: Dinner hosted by Mr Glyn Davies, chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the Welsh National Assembly at Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells,
In attendance: Presidents of National Farmers' Union Cymru and the Farmers' Union of Wales.
The delegation will stay overnight in this hotel
Thursday, 20 June: Wales
08.15 Departure by coach to Builth Wells
09.00 - 11.15 Public meeting at the International Pavillion, Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells
Theme: The impact of the Foot and Mouth Crisis on the Rural Economy
Experts:
PPE/ED: Ian Mitchell (local accountant)
PSE: Mr Jackie Tonge (Powys County Council)
Other groups:
11.30 Departure by coach to Sennybridge Disposal Site
12.30: Buffet lunch near Sennybridge, (organised by Major Howard Vaughan, responsible Army official). A small contribution for the buffet will be asked)
14.00: Visit of Sennybridge Disposal Site, further details to follow Army Commander: Pat Butler
15.00 - 17.00 Public Meeting at the Market Hall (near the Sennybridge Disposal Site)
Experts:
PPE/ED: Janet Watkins of the Epynt Action Group
PSE: Mr Huw Brodie (Head of Agriculture, Welsh National Assembly)
Other Groups:
Other speaker: Edwyn Roderick of the Epynt Action Group
17.15: Departure for Exeter
20.30: Dinner, hosted by Devon County Council, in the Cavendish Room at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter.
Exchange of views with Professor Ian Mercer, Chairman of Devon County Council’s Foot and Mouth Inquiry, and Anthony Gibson, Regional Director of the National Farmers' Union.
The delegation will stay overnight at the Thistle Hotel
Friday, 21 June: Devon
9.00 - 10.45 Public meeting at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter
Experts:
PPE/ED: Tom Griffith-Jones
PSE: Councillor from the Regional Development Agency
Other Groups: Alan Beat (small holder farmer, founder of Smallholders Online, a forum for smaller farmers)
11.00 Departure by coach to Oakhampton
11.45 Visit of the Farm of David Heards, Place Farm, Okehampton
Other farmers will be present as well.
12.45 Individual lunch at Betty Cottels, on the B3260, Okehampton
13.45 Depart for Knowstone
15.00 - 16.30 Meeting with farmers and affected people at Knowstone Village Hall
Contact person: Mrs Payne
Experts:
PPE/ED: David Hill
PSE: David Trigger (former district Councillor)
Other Groups: Mrs Lynne McBride (affected farmer from Knowstone)
16.45 Depart for Alveston (Gloucestershire)
18.30 Open Meeting at Hotel Premier Lodge in Alveston (Bristol North)
Theme: The cost of the FMD crisis
Experts:
PPE/ED: Carol Trewin
PSE: David Drew MP
Other Groups:
20.15 Departure by coach for dinner
20.30: Dinner with key stakeholders at the Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel, hosted by Gloucestershire County Council
22.30 Departure by coach for hotel Premier Lodge, Alviston (Bristol North)
Saturday, 22 June: Forest of Dean
8.15 Departure for the Forest of Dean
9.30 - 11.30 Public Meeting at the Speech House Hotel in the Forest of Dean
Experts:
PPE/ED: Janet Bayley
PSE: Diane Organ MP
Other Groups:
12.00: Coach to Birmingham Airport
14.00: Arrival at Birmingham Airport