Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Divisions: Registered Files, Forestry...
Catalogue reference: MAF 374
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MAF 374
Files relating to control of the Forestry Commission by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, following the abolition of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources in February 1967, and dealing with all aspects of general forestry...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 374
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Divisions: Registered Files, Forestry Policy (FCP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1949-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files relating to control of the Forestry Commission by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, following the abolition of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources in February 1967, and dealing with all aspects of general forestry policy and direction of the Forestry Commission.
The series includes re-registered files from the KF series (MAF 48), the LU series (MAF 141) and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government C series: HLG 140
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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)
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FCP file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Livestock Improvement Division, 1971-1972
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Tenure Division, 1972-1996
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use Division, 1955-1962
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Forestry and Labour Division, 1971-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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99 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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)
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1966
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 Forestry Ministers had been the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland. In October 1964 the Government announced that the responsibility for forestry in England and Wales would be transferred from the Minister of Agriculture to the Minister of Land and Natural Resources. It was then decided that responsibility for forestry in Wales should rest with the Secretary of State for Wales. The position of the Secretary of State for Scotland was unchanged. In February 1967 the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources was dissolved and responsibility for forestry in England returned to the Minister of Agriculture. The Forestry Act 1967 consolidated the Forestry Acts 1919-1963. It is this act that, with some amendments, regulates forestry to the present day.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10774/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Divisions: Registered Files, Forestry Policy (FCP Series)