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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Committee of Inquiry into the Veterinary Profession: Registered Files (CQB Series)
| Reference: | MAF 470 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Committee of Inquiry into the Veterinary Profession: Registered Files (CQB Series) |
| Description: |
The series contains the evidence submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the Veterinary Profession, plus minutes and agendas of meetings and supporting papers. |
| Date: | 1970-1977 |
| Related material: |
See also MAF 425 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CQB |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Committee of Inquiry into the Veterinary Profession, 1971-1975 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001 |
| Physical description: | 123 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 2014 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Custodial history: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food until 2001 when the department became the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). |
| Accumulation dates: | Series was opened in 1970 and ended in 1971. |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2, documenting the impact of the state on the environment. |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In April 1970 on the basis of evidence provided by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Minister of Agriculture announced the Government’s intention to set up a Committee of Inquiry to consider and report on the future role and educational needs of the veterinary profession in the UK and to make recommendations. The Committee received and considered both written and oral evidence with a final report detailing the Committee’s recommendations being published in July 1975. |
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