| Date
| Time/place | Topic/Organisations/People
|
| 12/11/07 | 4.15pm
| Informal briefing from the Commission for Rural Communities
|
| 18/02/08 | 4.15pm
| Informal briefing on the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
|
| 27/02/08 | 3.30pm
| Informal meeting with Northern Ireland Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
|
| 04/03/08 | 12.30pm
| Informal briefing on avian influenza by Fred Landeg, Acting Chief Vet
|
| 02/04/08 | 4.30pm
| Informal briefing from the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit on food
|
| 30/04/08 | 12.45pm
| Informal meeting with German Bundestag's Committee for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
|
| 08/05/08 | 4.00pm
| Informal meeting with Michel Barnier, French Agriculture Minister
|
| 14/05/08 | 4.00pm
| Informal briefing from Defra & Natural England regarding Draft Marine Bill: Coastal Access Provisions
|
| 21/05/08 | 4.30pm
| Informal briefing from Matthew Taylor MP regarding the potential of England's rural economy
|
| 17/06/08 | 12.30pm
| Informal briefing for NAD Observatory Members by Sir Iain Anderson
|
| 11/09/08 | 2.00pm
| Informal briefing on food inquiry from food experts
|
| 23/09/08 | 4.00pm
| Informal meeting with Hungarian Environment Minister and Hungarian Parliamentarians
|
| 10/11/08 | 4.30pm
| Informal briefing on food inquiry from Dame Deirdre Hutton, Food Standards Agency
|
| 11/11/08 | 12 noon
| Informal briefing on food inquiry from Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
|
| 17/11/08 | 4.30pm
| Informal briefing on biodiversity from Natural England
|
| 17/11/08 | 5.30pm, Ctte Rm 8
| Informal briefing on waste from the Audit Commission
|
| 25/11/08 | 2.00pm, 1 Abbey Gardens
| Informal meeting with Dr Nina Fedoroff, Science & Technology Adviser to US Secretary of State
|
