HC Deb 20 November 1997 vol 301 c281W
19. Mr. Gray

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what role she is playing in the examination of agricultural development councils.[15409]

Mr. Battle

My Department is reviewing its administration of section 508 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, under which the Secretary of State may approve "research Associations" (a term which has been taken in the past to include certain Agricultural Development Councils) for tax exemption purposes.