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A review of the European Union Agricultural Subsidy Appeals Procedure in Scotland

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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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