§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of the agencies and NDPBs sponsored by her Department have a regional organisation; and if she will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [58935]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Agencies and NDPBs sponsored by DEFRA with a regional organisation are listed as follows:
- Food from Britain
- Meat and Livestock Commission
- Milk Development Council
- Sea Fish Industry Authority
- Agricultural Wages Board
- Agricultural Wages Committee
- Regional Flood Defence Committees
- Agricultural Land Tribunals
- British Wool Marketing Board
- British Waterways
- Countryside Agency
- English Nature
- National Forest Co.
- Environment Agency.
A full listing of the counties and unitary authorities and the history of their generation is given at http: www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/countiesnonmetua.asp