Egg Marketing Board (Administrative Costs)

HC Deb 16 May 1957 vol 570 c564

39. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what savings in his Department's staff and administrative costs will result from the establishment of the British Egg Marketing Board.

Mr. Amory

The establishment of the Egg Marketing Board will result in a reduction of about seventy in the number of staff in my Department. The estimated saving in the Estimates for "Salaries and related Expenses" is of the order of £90,000. There will, however, be offsetting additional expenditures by way of allowances made to the Board for implementing the guarantee arrangements, including administrative costs.

Mr. Hurd

May I take it that the balancing costs will he considerably less than the costs which my right hon. Friend's Department is now carrying?

Mr. Amory

I am hopeful that that will be so, but we shall have to wait and see.