Defra and DIT announce membership of the Trade and Agriculture Commission

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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced, in collaboration with the Department for International Trade, that retailers, farming unions, consumer, hospitality and environmental bodies have been named as members of the Trade and Agriculture Commission. The Commission will be established for six months, after which time it will submit an advisory report to the International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, who will then present it to Parliament. The Commission will be chaired by the former Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency, Tim Smith, and includes representatives from the English, Scottish and Welsh branches of the National Farmers Union, as well as the Ulster Farmers Union and the Farmers’ Union of Wales.