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APPENDIX I
Consultees
SCOTLAND
Individuals
(i) Appellants
17 people submitted written comments of their own volition
Questionnaires were sent out to a statistically identified sample of 275 people who had been through the appeals process. 58 responded.
A number of appellants were also invited to meet the panel and 3 did so.
(ii) Others
Mr George Barton, Former Principal Consultant with Scottish Agricultural College
Ms Natalie Cormack, Messrs Seed & Co., Land Agents
Sir John Grant, Former UK Ambassador to the European Union
Mr Alan Nisbet, Managing Director of Buccleuch FBR Ltd
Mr Andy Robertson, Former Chief Agricultural Officer, SEERAD and former Chief Executive of NFUS
Mr D Seed, Messrs Seed & Co., Land Agents
Representatives of Organisations
National Farmers Union Scotland
Mr Jim McLaren, President
Mr James Withers, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Scott Walker, Policy Director
Scottish Agricultural College
Mr Sandy Ramsay, Head of Farm Business Services.
Mr Douglas Bell, Senior Business Consultant
Scottish Crofting Foundation
Ms Becky Shaw, Land Use Programme Manager
Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate
Headquarters
Mr Andy Robb, Director and Chief Agricultural Officer
Mr Robert Lamb, Head of Appeal Secretariat
Mr John Hood, Scheme Manager, Agri-Environment Schemes
Miss Valerie Blackie, Deputy Scheme Manager, Energy Crops Scheme, Protein Crop Premium, Livestock and Arable Legacy Schemes
Mr Brian Endicott, Deputy Scheme Manager, Single Farm Payment Scheme
Area Offices
Mr Finlay Beaton, Stornoway
Mr Ian Davidson, Galashiels
Mr Quintin Donald, Dumfries
Mr Bill Dundas, Oban
Mr Stewart Johnston, Inverurie
External (Stage 2) Panel Members
Mr Watson Bell (former member)
Mr Robin Forrest
Mr George Lawrie
Mr Angus McHattie
Mr John McLaren
Mr I Duncan Miller
Mr David Nelson
Scottish Land Court
The Hon. Lord McGhie, Chairman
OTHER UK JURISDICTIONS
ENGLAND
National Farmers Union
Mr Meurig Raymond, Deputy President
Ms Nina Wilson, Legal Adviser
Rural Payments Agency
Mr Peter Crew, Head of Customer Relations Unit
Ms. Penny Corkish, Senior Customer Relations Manager
NORTHERN IRELAND
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Appeals Section)
Mr George O'Doherty,
Ms. Valerie Bell
Ulster Farmers' Union
Mr Graham Furey, Deputy President
Mr Wesley Alston, Policy Director
Mr Chris Osborne, Technical Officer and representative at Appeals Panels
Mr James Reilly, Member
WALES
Farmers' Union of Wales
Mr Rob Bennett, President
Mr Bob Parry, Member
Dr Nick I D Fenwick, Director of Agricultural Policy
National Farmers' Union Cymru
Mr Dai Davies, President
Mr Hugh Richard, Past President
Mr Ed Bailey, Member
Mr Malcolm Thomas, Chief Executive
Welsh Assembly Government Appeals Secretariat
Ms. Julia Richards, Head of Countryside Policy Appeals and Complaints Unit
Ms Jane Mattias, Deputy Scheme Manager, Single Payments Scheme
Ms Cindy Rodgers, HEO at Divisional Office
OTHER EU COUNTRIES
DENMARK
Danish Agricultural Council
Jan Albert Maat, President
Morten Damkjaer Nielsen, Deputy Director
FINLAND
Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners ( MTK)
Simo Tiainen, Director, Agriculture
Tapio Kytola, Director of Brussels Office
FRANCE
Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants d'Agricoles
M Claude Soude, Head of Unit Commodities, Markets, International Affairs
GERMANY
Deutscher Bauernverband
Herr Helmut Born, Secretary General
Herr Willi Kampmann, International Affairs
IRELAND
Agriculture Appeals Office
Mr John Murphy, Acting Director
Mr Pat Coman, Appeals Officer
Mr Pat Kelly, Appeals Officer
Ms Sinead Geraghty, Appeals Administrator
Irish Farmers' Association
Mr Derek Dean, Deputy President and Head of Appeals
Mr Kevin Kinsella, Director of Livestock
NETHERLANDS
Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture
Ir. Klaas Johan Osinga
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