Dairy Industry - Inquiry

The Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee is to hold a short inquiry into the dairy industry, as the price of a two litre carton of milk reduces to £1 and dairy firm First Milk delays payments to farmers.

The Committee issued a news release on the inquiry on Friday 16 January.

Evidence

Written Evidence

• Emma Dennis 19 January 2015 (143 KB pdf)
• Andrew Romanes 20 January 2014 (87KB pdf)
• NFUS 23 January 2015 (161KB pdf)
• Graham's the Family Dairy 26 January 2015 (251KB pdf)
• Scottish Retail Consortium 26 January 2015 (250KB pdf)
• Arla Foods UK 27 January 2015 (184KB pdf)
• First Milk 27 January 2015 (222 pdf)
• The Co-Operative Food 27 January 2015 (162KB pdf)
• Dairy UK 27 January 2015 (314KB pdf)
• Sainsbury's 27 January 2015 (199KB pdf)
• Lidl UK 29 January 2015 (81KB pdf)
• Marks and Spencer 03 February 2015 (227KB pdf)
• Graham's The Family Dairy - Supplementary 04 February 2015 (218KB pdf)
• First Milk - Supplementary 04 February 2015 (165KB pdf)
• The Co-Operative Food - Labels - 04 February 2015 (569KB pdf)
• The Co-Operative Food - Born and Bred Report 04 February 2015 (6861KB pdf)
• Tesco 04 February 2015 (149KB pdf)
• Waitrose Weekend 1 06 February 2015 (13,169KB pdf)
• Waitrose Weekend 2 06 February 2015 (10,175KB pdf)
• Waitrose - Response to questions on GCA 06 February 2015 (81KB)
• Scottish Government response on organic dairy produce 06 February 2015 (208KB pdf)
• Asda 09 February 2015 (174KB pdf)
• Asda - Dairylink Scheme Report 09 February 2015 (816KB pdf)
• Morrisons 11 February 2015 (320KB pdf)
• The Co-Operative Food 11 February 2015 (168KB pdf)

Evidence Sessions

Wednesday 28 January 2015 

• Papers for meeting 28 January 2015 (366KB pdf)
• Official Report of Meeting 28 January 2015
• Minutes of meeting 28 January 2015 (88KB pdf)

Wednesday 4 February 2015 

• Papers for meeting 4 February 2015 (730KB pdf)
• Official Report of Meeting 4 February 2015.
• Minutes for meeting 4 February 2015 (85KB pdf)

Wednesday 5 February 2015 

• Papers for meeting 5 February 2015 (120KB pdf)
• Official Report of Meeting 5 February 2015
• Minutes for meeting 5 February 2015 (41KB pdf)

Correspondence

At its meeting on the 28 January, the Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment on the dairy industry inquiry.  The letter was sent 20 February 2015.

• Letter from Convener to Cabinet Secretary on the Dairy Industry Inquiry 20 February 2015 (289KB pdf)

The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment responded to the Committee on 24 March 2015 and included a copy of the Scottish Government's Dairy Action Plan.

• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Convener on the Dairy Industry Inquiry 24 March 2015 (295KB pdf)

Additional Correspondence

• Correspondence from Tesco 16 February 2015 (139KB pdf)
• Correspondence from Sainsbury's 20 March 2015 (241KB pdf)
• Correspondence from Convener to Sainsbury's 26 March 2015 (98KB pdf)  

Debate

Dairy Inquiry Debate - 26 March 2015

Additional Information

• Letter from Convener to Marks and Spencer CEO 28 January 2015 (95KB pdf)
• Letter from Convener to Sainsbury's CEO 28 January 2015 (95KB pdf)
• Letter from Convener to Tesco CEO 28 January 2015 (94KB pdf)
• Letter from Convener to Lidl CEO 29 January 2015 (95KB pdf)