Meetings in 2008
Subject: The contribution of bee-keeping to UK horticulture and of allotments to UK food security and a healthy lifestyle - 9 December 2008
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 4A
Speakers:
- Tim Lovett, National Secretary, British Beekeepers Association
- Geoff Stokes, National Secretary of the National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: UK salt reduction campaign and food reformulation - 11 November 2008
Location: House of Commons Committee Room 7
Speakers:
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: The health consequences of the Common Agricultural Policy - 14 October 2008
Location: House of Commons Committee Room 19
Speakers:
- Professor Simon Capewell, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
- Modi Mwatsama, Food and Health Programme Manager, Heart of Mersey
Documents:
- Minutes of the meeting [PDF]
- Presentation by Professor Capewell[PDF]
- Presentation by Modi Mwatsama[PDF]
Subject: School Food - 8 July
Location: Committee Room 17
Speakers:
- Kevin Brennan, Schools Minister
- Judy Hargadon, the Chief Executive of the School Food Trust
Documents:
- Minutes of the meeting [PDF]
Reports referred to during the meeting:
- The School Fringe – What Pupils Buy and Eat From Shops Surrounding Secondary Schools (Nutrition Policy Unit, London Metropolitan University)[PDF]
- A Fresh Look at the School Meal Experience (School Food Trust)[PDF]
- A Fresh Look at Vending in Schools (School Food Trust)[PDF]
- Six Steps to Transform School Food Culture (The Food Life Partnership)[PDF]
Subject: Links between vitamin D and chronic diseases - 24 June
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 2A
Speakers:
- Oliver Gillie, scientist and freelance journalist
- Dr Adrian Martineau - Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London
- Professor George C. Ebers, Chair of Clinical Neurology Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University
Documents:
- Minutes of the meeting [PDF]
- Presentation by Dr Martineau [PDF]
- Presentation by Professor Ebers [PDF]
Subject: Food additives – have they outlived their usefulness? - 20 May
Location: House of Commons Committee Room 7
Speakers:
- Professor Jim Stevenson, Southampton University
- Helen Conn, independent Food Scientist
- Dr Paul Berryman, Chief Executive of Leatherhead Food International
Documents:
- Minutes of the meeting [PDF]
- Presentation by Professor Stevenson [PowerPoint]
- Presentation by Helen Conn [PowerPoint]
- Presentation by Dr Berryman [PDF]
Subject: The Foresight report on obesity - 1 April
Location: House of Lords Committee Room G
Speakers:
- Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition & Health Research, MRC Human Nutrition Research
- Cambridge Dr Martin Brown, Foresight Obesity Team and Martin Brown Consultants Ltd
Documents:
Subject: The EU Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims - 26 February
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 2A
Speakers:
- Mr Noel Griffin, Food Standards Agency
- Ms Claire Hughes, Company Nutritionist, Marks & Spencer
Documents:
- Minutes of the meeting [PDF]
- Presentation by Noel Griffin of the Food Standards Agency [PDF]
- Presentation by Claire Hughes of Marks & Spencer [PDF]
Subject: Launch of FHF inquiry report into the links between diet and behaviour - 30 January
Full details available here.