The House

Food safety

THERE HAS not been any "backdoor pressure" from the food industry to shelve plans for an independent Food Standards Agency, the deputy Agriculture minister, Jeff Rooker, insisted.

Today

Lords: Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order; Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations; Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations; Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations; Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Insurance) Order; Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order.