Committee on Food and Agriculture
The Committee on Food and Agriculture has been a permanent Bundestag committee since it was set up in the 18th electoral term in 2013 . Chairman since 2015 Alois Gerig (CDU), deputy chairman since 2017 Carina Konrad (FDP). The committee currently consists of 38 members.
tasks
The committee has a leading or advisory role in all draft laws, motions, reports and EU submissions on the topics that make up its name and which concern animal welfare and nature conservation in the agricultural and food sectors.
Previous committees
The name given to the committee before 2013 reflects its change in content and competencies over the years:
- Since 2013: Committee on Food and Agriculture (consumer protection from now on in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection)
- 2002–2013: Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- 1949–2002: Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forests
Members
The 38 members of the Committee are made up of 13 members of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group , eight members of the SPD parliamentary group , five members of the AFD parliamentary group and in each case four members of the FDP parliamentary group , the left-wing party and the parliamentary group Alliance 90 / The Greens together .
Members in the 19th electoral term
* Supervisors
Members in the 18th electoral term
Alois Gerig has been the chairman of the committee since 2015 .
- * Supervisors
Committee Chairman
- since January 2015 Alois Gerig ( CDU )