§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible and which have been abolished, or whose abolition has been announced, since the publication of "Public Bodies 1983."
§ Mr. JoplingThe information requested is as follows:
- Land Settlement Association.
 - Committee on the Artificial Insemination of Cattle.
 - Scientific Panel of Fertilizers and Feedingstuffs (Methods of Analysis).
 - Joint Consultative Organisation for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food*.
 - Food Standards Committee†.
 - Food Additives and Contaminants Committee†.
 - * Replaced by the Priorities Board for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food.
 - †Amalgamated to form the Food and Advisory Committee.
 Kew Scientific Advisory Panel
With the transfer of responsibility for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to a board of trustees the Wakehurst Place consultative panel is no longer an advisory body to my Department.
§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that have been introduced or announced too late to be included in the list published in "Public Bodies 1983."
§ Mr. JoplingThe information requested is as follows:
642WExecutive body:
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 Advisory bodies:
- Priorities Board for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food (replaced the Joint Consultative Organisation for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food).
 Food Advisory Committee
- (Amalgamation of Food Standards Committee and Food Additives and Contaminants Committee which it replaces.)