To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the (a) food manufacturers and (b) other companies he has met with regard to the proposed Food Standards Agency. [18069]

Over the past six months, Health Ministers have met representatives from many organisations interested in the proposed Food Standards Agency. These have included academic and consumer groups, as well as those representing the food industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions he has met the Minister without Portfolio with regard to the Food Standards Agency. [18054]

My hon. Friend the Minister without Portfolio and I are members of the Cabinet Committee MISC 1 which is overseeing the Food Standards Agency project. The Committee has met on five occasions, the last being on 21 October.