HC Deb 24 May 1979 vol 967 cc220-1W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish figures to show the increase in imports of EEC and other pig products for processing in Scotland and the United Kingdom over the past five years; and what effect he estimates that the present money compensation amounts systems has had in this matter.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The following is the information in respect of the most significant categories of pigmeat imports:

  • Agricultural Wages Committee.
  • Apple and Pear Development Council.
  • Artificial Insemination of Cattle Committee.
  • Badgers and Tuberculosis Consultative Panel.
  • Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.
  • Committees of Investigation for Great Britain and for England and Wales under the Agricultural Marketing Act.
  • Consumers' Committees for Great Britain and for England and Wales under the Agricultural Marketing Act.
  • Covent Garden Market Authority.
  • Eggs Authority.
  • Experimental Centres Advisory Committees
  • Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
  • Fisheries Research and Development Board. Flood Protection Research Committee.
  • Food Additives and Contaminants Committee Food Standards Committee.
  • Harbour Commissioners.
  • Herring Industry Board.
  • Herring Industry Board—Herring Industry Advisory Council.
  • Hill Farming Advisory Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Sub-Committee for Wales.
  • Home-Grown Cereals Authority.
  • Land Settlement Association Ltd.: Executive Committee.
  • Meat and Livestock Commission and Consumers' Committee.
  • Milk and Dairies Tribunals.
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  • National Food Survey Committee.
  • National Institute of Agricultural Botany: Council.
  • National Seed Development Organisation Ltd: Governing Body.
  • Pesticides: Scientific Sub-Committee.
  • Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.
  • Reading Cattle Breeding Centre: Advisory Committee.
  • Regional Land Drainage Committees of the Water Authorities.
  • Regional Panels.
  • Research and Development: Joint Consultative Organisation Advisory Boards.
  • Sea Fisheries Committees.
  • Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee.
  • Torry Research Station Advisory Committee.
  • Veterinary Products Committee.
  • White Fish Authority.
  • White Fish Authority Committee for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  • White Fish Industry Advisory Council.
  • Wine Standards Board.

There are also certain other bodies to which I appoint members—for example, agricultural marketing boards, British Sugar Corporation Ltd., Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd., governing bodies of some agricultural research institutes.

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