HC Deb 11 January 1989 vol 144 c676W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he and any other Agriculture Ministers have considered agency status under the Next Steps proposal for the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.

Mr. MacGregor

I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that I and my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have decided that the board should be considered a candidate for agency status.