Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Reorganisation Commission for Eggs: Records

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Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Reorganisation Commission for Eggs: Records
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The records in this series cover the setting up and organisation of the Reorganisation Commission for Eggs, submissions of evidence from various bodies and individuals, committee papers and minutes of meetings. Also included are papers relating to the preparation of the chapters in the report and details of visits by the commission to Canada, USA, Wales and Scotland.

Date: 1965-1969
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Reorganisation Commission for Eggs, 1967-1968

Physical description: 53 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Administrative / biographical background:

Under the terms of section 26 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 an agricultural marketing reorganisation commission was appointed on 18 August 1967 'to consider the present arrangements for the marketing and distribution of shell eggs and egg products, including the working of the British Egg Marketing Scheme, 1956 and other matters relevant thereto, and to make recommendations for the future.' The report was presented to Parliament in June 1968 (Cmnd 3669).

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