Levy Boards restructing: background
On 28 June 2006, Jeff Rooker, announced the continuation of statutory levies in the agriculture and horticulture sector, a “Fresh Start” review of levy board activities and levy rates, and a new levy board structure to come into effect by 1 April 2008.
A new levy board, with a number of subsidiary sectoral companies, will replace the following five existing levy bodies:
- British Potato Council
- Horticultural Development Council
- Home Grown Cereals Authority
- Meat and Livestock Commission
- Milk Development Council
Separate announcements were made by Ministers in the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government concerning the future of the meat bodies: Quality Meat Scotland and Hybu Cig Cymru.
- News release 288/06 (28 June 2006)
- Written Parliamentary statement (28 June 2006)
The announcement followed an independent review of the five statutory levy bodies in 2005 by Rosemary Radcliffe:
- Review of the Agricultural and Horticultural Levy Bodies: final report (PDF 970 KB)
- Executive summary (PDF 50 KB)
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2007
Page published: 15 March 2005