HC Deb 24 November 1994 vol 250 cc311-2W
Mr. Sykes

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many quangos his Department was responsible for(a) in 1979 and (b) in the latest year for which a number is available.

Mr. Waldegrave

In 1979 there were 118 such bodies; in 1993, the latest year for which there are published figures, there were 85.

Mr. Sykes

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which quangos his Department has abolished since 1979.

Mr. Waldegrave

The following list shows which quangos have been abolished from 1979 to 1993, the latest year for which there are final figures:

1979

  1. 1. Advisory Council for Agriculture and Horticulture in England and Wales
  2. 2. Farm Settlements Advisory Committee for Selection of Tenants
  3. 3. Plant Variety Rights Advisory Panels (12)
  4. 4. Poultry Diseases Panel
  5. 5. Torry Research Station Advisory Committee

1980

  1. 1. Advisory Committee on the Banana Trade
  2. 2. Experimental Centres Advisory Committees in England and Wales (reduced from 22 to 21)
  3. 3. Regional Panels (reduced from 7 to 5)
  4. 4. Tate & Lyle Customer Safeguards Committee

1981

  1. 1. Agricultural Wages Committees (reduced from 25 to 24)
  2. 2. White Fish Authority (abolished October 1981 and replaced by SFIA)
  3. 3. Agricultural Construction Industry Liaison Group
  4. 4. Milk and Dairies Tribunal (reduced from 7 to 5)

1982

  1. 1. Thames Barrier Advisory Team
  2. 2. Flood Protection Research Committee
  3. 3. Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation (replaced by Food From Britain March 1983)
  4. 4. Experimental Centres Advisory Committees England and Wales (reduced from 21 to 20)

1983

  1. 1. Committee on Artificial Insemination of Cattle
  2. 2. Land Settlement Association Ltd
  3. 3. 'Food- Additives and Contaminants Committee' and 'Food Standards Committee' amalgamated to form 'Food Advisory Committee'
  4. 4. Fisheries R & D Board
  5. 5. Kew Scientific Advisory Panel
  6. 6. Scientific Panel for Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs
  7. 7. Wakehurst Place Consultative Panel

1984

  1. 1. Joint Consultative Organisation for R & D in Agriculture and Food (abolished May 1984 replaced by Priorities Board for R & D in Agriculture and Food)

1985

  • None

1986

  1. 1. Eggs Authority (31.12.86.)

1987

  1. 1. Agricultural Chemicals Approval Scheme, Scientific Advisory Committee

1988

  1. 1. National Seeds Development Organisation Ltd (privatised)
  2. 2. Agriculture Economics Technical Committee
  3. 3. Committee of Investigation for England and Wales under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958
  4. 4. Committee of Investigation for Great Britain under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958

1989

  1. 1. Experimental Centres Advisory Committees in England and Wales (reduced from 20 to 18)
  2. 2. Advisory Committee on Pesticides (reduced from 6 to 1)

1990

  1. 1. Experimental Centre Advisory Committees in England and Wales (reduced from 18 to 14)
  2. 2. Reading Cattle Breeding Centre Advisory Committee
  3. 3. Apple and Pear Development Council

1991

  1. 1. Agricultural Wages Committees (reduced from 24 to 23)
  2. 2. Experimental 'Husbandry Farms' Advisory Committees in England and Wales (reduced from 11 to 10)
  3. 3. Regional Flood Defence Committees (reduced from 10 to 9)

1992

  1. 1. Agricultural Statistics Consultative Committee
  2. 2. Experimental 'Husbandry Farms' Advisory Committees in England and Wales
  3. 3. Experimental 'Horticultural Stations' Advisory Committees in England and Wales

1993

  1. 1. Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (reduced from 24 to 17)
  2. 2. Agricultural Wages Committees (reduced from 23 to 17)
  3. 3. Area VII White Fish Industry Advisory Committee
  4. 4. Steering Group on Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance