3 August 2005

Primary Production Committee not at fault, says Ewen-Street

A report in The Independent this morning misrepresents what was said about the scampi inquiry in Parliament yesterday, Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says.

In his valedictory speech, Mr Ewen-Street outlined his views on the outcome of the Primary Production Committee's 2003-04 inquiry into the scampi fishery.

"As is obvious from the Hansard, I in no way suggested that the Committee itself perpetrated any fraud or injustice," Mr Ewen-Street says.

"I apologise to members of the Committee for any offence this morning's inaccurate report may have caused and I have called on The Independent to retract that part of their article."

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