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  Q. Does the UK have a bigger sponger?
  
  Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE
  Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE is the Chair of the Food Standards Agency. She has served on a number of public bodies and has considerable experience of corporate governance, risk-based regulation and consumer policy in the areas of consumer affairs, food and financial services.
  
  She is Vice-Chair of the European Food Safety Authority Management Board and Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority. She is one of the United Kingdom's leading experts in consumer affairs and was appointed Chair of the National Consumer Council in 2001.
  
  She has previously served as Chair of the Scottish Consumer Council and as a member of the Better Regulation Task Force. She has held a number of positions on bodies dealing with food issues including a member of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (the Curry Commission) and Chair of the Food Chain Centre.
  
  She has also been Chair of the Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Council, a member of the Foresight Panel on the Food Chain and Crops for Industry and a member of the Secretary of State's Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament.
  
  She has contributed to the environment as Vice-Chair of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and was a member of the Sustainable Development Commission. She was also a member of the Energy Advisory Panel for the Department of Trade and Industry.
  
  She has contributed to health, as non-executive Director of the Scottish Borders Health Board and a member of the King's Fund Organizational Audit Council. She was a member of the Wilson committee on complaints in the National Health Service and of the General Dental Council.
  
  Dame Deirdre has given significant service to the consumer, the community and the country. She continues this work as Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority, Deputy Chair of the European Food Safety Authority and was a Trustee to the Picker Institute which is dedicated to enhancing the role of patients within medicine.
  
  She has also contributed to the arts. She has been involved in the Scottish Arts Council Music Committee and founded a company to promote the performance of professional chamber music.

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