Science and Technology - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 25 November 1999.
CONTENTS
REPORT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND
COMMISSION REPORT TO COUNCIL JANUARY
1990
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT FEBRUARY 1991
POST REPORT ALTERNATIVES IN AGRICULTURE JANUARY
1995
POSTNOTE 125
ACTIN
FORESIGHT
CHAPTER 3: POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS
Biomass for electricity generation
Bioethanol
Biodiesel production
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS
Starches
Fibres
SPECIALITY CHEMICALS
CHAPTER 4: AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
CURRENT SUPPORT MEASURES FOR FOOD CROPS
CURRENT SUPPORT MEASURES FOR NON-FOOD CROPS
AGENDA 2000
CHAPTER 5: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR GROWING
NON-FOOD CROPS
Fibre Crops
Oilseeds for Industrial Purposes
Evidence of Demand
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 6: PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES
INNOVATION POLICIES
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL
NON-FOOD CROPS AND THE CAP
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
REGULATORY RESTRAINTS AND DRIVERS
APPENDIX 1—Membership of Sub-Committee
I; Declaration of Interests
APPENDIX 2—List of Witnesses
APPENDIX 3—Reports on Visits
APPENDIX 4—Glossary
References to
evidence
The written and oral evidence received by the Committee
is published separately including a copy of the Call for Evidence
(issued February 1999) (HL Paper 5-I). Pages of the Report are
numbered in bold type, pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary
type. References in the text of the Report are as follows:-
Q refers to a question
in oral evidence;
p refers to a page of written evidence.
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