HC Deb 09 May 1978 vol 949 c442W
Mr. Body

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will list the organisations that he has already consulted about the prohibition on selling green top milk.

Mr. Bishop

A letter inviting comments on the Government's proposals was sent by my Department to the following organisations on 5th April:

  • Dairy Trade Federation.
  • Milk Marketing Board.
  • National Farmers' Union.
  • Process Plant Association.
  • Society of Dairy Technology.
  • Quality Milk Producers.
  • Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers
  • National Institute of Research into Dairying.
  • Council on Tribunals.
  • British Veterinary Association.
  • British Medical Association.
  • Association of County Councils.
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities.
  • Association of District Councils.
  • Corporation of the City of London.
  • National Association of Local Councils.
  • Society of Community Medicine.
  • Food and Drugs Committee of the Institute of Weights and Measures Administration.
  • Association of Public Analysts.
  • Environmental Health Officers Association.
  • Association of County Public Health Officers.
  • Public Health Laboratory Service Board.
  • Air and Seaport Health Authorities.
  • The McCarrison Society.
  • The Soil Association.
  • National Federation of Women's Institutes.
  • Consumers' Committee.
  • National Association of Ladies Circles.
  • Consumers' Association.
  • National Consumer Council.
  • Co-operative Women's Guild.
  • National Council of Women of Great Britain.
  • Consumers' Co-Ordinating Group.
  • National Consumer Protection Committee.
  • National Council of Social Services.
  • National Housewives Association.
  • National Union of Townswomen's Guilds.

The Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have undertaken similar consultations.