Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Session 2004-05

2 December 2004 Government Replies to Committee Reports:

The Departmental Annual Report 2004

Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has received replies from the Government to two of its Reports:

Fifteenth Report of Session 2003-04, The Departmental Annual Report 2004, which was published on 14 September 2004 as HC 707

Sixteenth Report of Session 2003-04, Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding, which was published on 16 September 2004 as HC 558.

The Committee will publish these replies as its First and Second Special Reports of Session 2004-05:

 First Special Report of Session 2004-05, The Departmental Annual Report 2004: Government Reply to the Committee’s Report (HC 100)

 Second Special Report of Session 2004-05, Climate Change, Water Security and Flooding: Government Reply to the Committee’s Report (HC 101)

The Special Reports will be published at 11am on Friday 10 December 2004. Copies will be made available to members of the press and to witnesses who received copies of the original report. The Report will be available in the following ways:

Members of the media can collect them from the Press Gallery, House of Commons.

Copies of the Reports may be obtained, on publication, from the usual outlets, including The Parliamentary Bookshop and The Stationery Office.

The Reports will be posted on the internet at approximately 3.30 pm on 10 December, and will be accessible via the Committee’s homepage.

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NOTES FOR EDITORS

Further details of the Committee can be found at the Committee’s homepage at: http://www.parliament.uk/efracom

Information about the Committee can also be obtained from 020 7219 5774.