§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how soon he anticipates being able to terminate the County Agricultural Executive Committees; and what arrangements he will institute in their place.
§ Mr. PriorAmendment of the Agriculture Act, 1947, is required before County Agricultural Executive Committees can be abolished. The necessary legislation will be introduced as soon as the Parliamentary time-table permits.
These Committees will be replaced by small regional panels as announced in the White Paper (Command 4564) presented to Parliament in January this year which set out the proposed changes in the work of my Department.