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Peers hear from Tate and Lyle and Nestlé on EU’s Sugar Regime

27 June 2012

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Ian Bacon, President of Tate and Lyle Sugars, will be quizzed by the House of Lords Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy EU Sub-Committee on Wednesday 27 June, in the third evidence session of their follow-up inquiry into the EU Sugar Regime. 

Witnesses

At 11.00am, Wednesday 27 June, Committee Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

  • Tim Innocent, Chair of UK Industrial Sugar Users Group (UKISUG) and Head of Purchasing (Direct Materials) at Nestlé; and
  • Dominic Goudie, Trade Policy Executive, UKISUG.

At 11.30am, the Committee will hear from:

  • Ian Bacon, President, Tate and Lyle Sugars
  • Gerald Mason, Vice President, Tate and Lyle Sugars

The witnesses are likely to face questions on issues including:

  • UKISUG’s ideas on how the EU might resolve tensions between sugar for food and for non-food purposes;
  • whether the 2005 reforms improved the sugar market;
  • market prospects, including the future of 850 jobs at Tate and Lyle Sugars’ plant in East London; and
  • whether industrial users of sugar are assured of a fair price for refined cane sugar from Tate and Lyle Sugars.

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