Programme of Meetings and Visits
Below is a list of some of the main meetings, visits and engagements that are being undertaken over the course of the Review. It does not set out to list every event that Lord Haskins or his team have attended, or will attend.| 10 December 2002 | London | England Rural Development Programme National Consultation Group |
| 5 January 2003 | London | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee |
| 20 - 21 January 2003 | Exeter (Devon) and Somerset, Wiltshire | Meetings with SWRDA,RDS,SW Chamber of Rural Enterprise, Environment Agency and Tennant Farmers Association |
| 27 January 2003 | London | Rural Affairs Forum for England |
| 27-28 January 2003 | Penrith and Kendal (Cumbria) | Meetings with individual rural delivery organisations (RDS,CA, Solway AONB etc) and customers |
| 29-30 January 2003 | Newark (Nottinghamshire) and Boston (Lincolnshire) | Meetings with English Nature, Forestry Commission and GO etc plus round table discussion with stakeholders and select committee style sessions with each Regional Assembly |
| 31 January 2003 | Exeter (Devon) | South West ACRE Network Conference |
| 13 February 2003 | Shropshire | Meetings with GOWM, Advantage West Midlands, RDS, CA |
| 17 February 2003 | Yorkshire | Meetings with Yorkshire Forward, CA, RDS, ERYC, Citizen Link, A4E Business Link Humber |
| 19 February 2003 | Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) | Countryside Agency Board Meeting |
| 26 February 2003 | London | England Rural Development Programme Ministerial meeting |
| 3 March 2003 | Newcastle | Meetings with One NorthEast, Northumbria Wildlife Trust, CA, GONE, Durham CC and County Council Networks |
| 4 - 6 March 2003 | Paris and Amiens (France) | Meetings with Ministry of Agriculture, CNASEA, Cabinet du Premier Ministre, FNSEA, Direction Departmental de L'Agriculture et de la Foret, Direction Regionale de L'Agriculture de la Foret, Chambre d'Agriculture, ADASEA |
| 11 March 2003 | London | CLA Rural Tourism Conference |
| 13 March 2003 | Brussels (Belgium) | Meetings with DG Agriculture European Commission, UKRep |
| 17 - 18 March 2003 | Berlin and Bonn (Germany) | Meetings with BMVEL, Ministerium fur Landwirtshaft, Brandenburg Ministry for Agriculture, Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| 18 March 2003 | London | Local Government Association Rural Commission |
| 27 March 2003 | London | Rural Sub-group of the Central Strategic Partnership |
| 31 March 2003 | West Yorkshire | Rural Businesses (Small Employers) - Grants and Advice |
| 3 April 2003 | Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) | Customer Focus Group on agri-environment schemes and advice |
| 7 April 2003 | Surrey | Rural Communities (Community Representatives, Voluntary Sector) |
| 7 April 2003 | London | Rural Affairs Forum for England |
| 9 April 2003 | Bradford (West Yorkshire) | Customer Focus Group on non-land based rural businesses |
| 10 April 2003 | Ely (Cambridgeshire) | Customer Focus Group onland-based business diversification |
| 14 April 2003 | Guildford (Surrey) | Customer Focus Group on Rural Communities |
| 16 April 2003 | Sutton Bonnington (Leicestershire) | East Midlands Rural Affairs Forum |
| 16 - 17 April 2003 | Inverness and Edinburgh (Scotland) | Meetings TBC |
| 29-30 April & 15 May 2003 | Wiltshire, Bristol (15 May) | Rural Enterprise Scheme |
| 30 April 2003 | London | Regional Development Agency Chairmen |
| 1 May 2003 | Devon and Somerset | Field visit with the RSPB |
| 1 May 2003 | London | Council for the Protection of Rural England |
| 1 May 2003 | Durham | Meeting with the Association of County Council Chief Executives |
| 8 May 2003 | Cardiff (Wales) | Meetings TBC |
| 8 May 2003 | Chester (Cheshire) | Cheshire Rural Recovery Panel |
| 9 May 2003 | Suffolk | English Nature field visit |
| 12-14 May 2003 | Yorkshire | Vital Villages |
| 12-16 May 2003 | Kent | Forestry Scheme Delivery |
| 13 May 2003 | Guildford (Surrey) | South East Rural Affairs Forum |
| 13 May 2003 | London | National Council on Ageing - rural subgroup |
| 15 May 2003 | London | Wildlife & Countryside Link |
| 15 May 2003 | Salisbury (Wiltshire) | Field visit with the Environment Agency |
| 15 May 2003 | Hereford | Agri-Environment (Land Managers) - Grants, Advice and Regulation |
| 20 May 2003 | Humberside | Field visit with English Nature |
| 20 May 2003 | Cornwall | Business Diversification (Land Managers) - Grants and Advice |
| 22 May 2003 | Darlington | Rural Communities (Community Representatives, Voluntary Sector) |
| 22-23 May 2003 | Preston/Crewe | RDS |
| 28 May 2003 | Cheshire | Rural Businesses (Small Employers) - Grants and Advice |
| 28-30 May 2003 | Cumbria | Market Town Initiative |
| 3-6 June 2003 | Shropshire | Rural Business Advice and Training |
| 18 June 2003 | East Midlands/ East of England | SFFS Implementation group field visit |
| 18-20 June 2003 | Nottinghamshire | Agri-Environment Advice |
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19 May, 2005
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7 April 2003