EFRA Committee publishes strategy to guide its work

In November, the Committee received over 320 responses to the survey it launched to gather stakeholders’ views on priority areas for scrutiny. Since then, 36 organisations have participated in roundtable events with the Committee, and the Committee Chair Alistair Carmichael MP has conducted one–to–one meetings with over 35 key stakeholders. The Committee’s strategy document is informed by this breadth of consultation and engagement with stakeholders.  

The themes emanating from this initial engagement with stakeholders are detailed in the stakeholder consultation document, also published today. 

The strategy sets out the method through which the Committee will arrange its work agenda around overarching themes, to allow a long-term focus on important policy issues, while building in flexibility. While scrutinising issues contained within its selected priority themes, the Committee will report on the policy areas arising, on an ad-hoc and iterative basis. 

The Committee will focus its work around the following themes: 

• The future of farming 
• Animal and plant health 
• Reforming the water sector 
• Fairness in the food supply chain 
• Fisheries and the marine environment 
• Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy 
• Supporting rural and coastal communities 
• Weather and climate resilience 

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