HC Deb 12 July 1984 vol 63 cc641-2W
Sir Philip Holland

asked 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. Jopling

The 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 Holland

asked 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. Jopling

The information requested is as follows:

Executive 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.)