Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Cereals Division and predecessors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: MAF 347
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MAF 347
Records relating to policy on the production, marketing, stockpiling and use of home-grown cereals (wheat, rye, barley and oats).Includes pre-1964 papers re-registered from the ICN file series (MAF 308). Pieces MAF 347/83-164 were originally...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 347
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Cereals Division and predecessors: Registered Files, Home-Grown Cereals (HGC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relating to policy on the production, marketing, stockpiling and use of home-grown cereals (wheat, rye, barley and oats).
Includes pre-1964 papers re-registered from the ICN file series (MAF 308). Pieces MAF 347/83-164 were originally accessioned as MAF 279/58-139, and were transferred to MAF 347 in 2000.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged in HGC reference order within these accessions: MAF 347/1-44; MAF 347/45-81.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The HGC series replaced the earlier HG series. Many early HGC files are held with the HG series in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HGC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cereals Division, 1971-1989
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Home Grown Cereals, Eggs and Poultry Division, 1965-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 165 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1965 to 1984
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Home-Grown Cereals Authority was a statutory body created by the Cereals Act 1965, with the basic purpose of improving the marketing of home-grown cereals. Ministers appointed its members (3-5 independent, 9 farmers, and 9 users or merchants). The Act specified its powers and responsibilities, classified as trading and non-trading. In 1958 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food entered into an agreement with Cereals Committee Ltd over the management of government stockpiles.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10747/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Cereals Division and predecessors: Registered Files, Home-Grown Cereals (HGC Series)