Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Division: Registered Files,...
Catalogue reference: MAF 385
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MAF 385
Records of the Committee of Enquiry into the Export of Live Cattle to the Continent for Slaughter chaired by Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 385
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Division: Registered Files, Committee on the Exportation of Cattle (CXC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Committee of Enquiry into the Export of Live Cattle to the Continent for Slaughter chaired by Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
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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)
- CXC 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, Animal Health Division, 1955-1965
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division, Committee of Enquiry into the Export of Live Cattle to the Continent for Slaughter, 1957-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1957 to 1963
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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 Committee of Enquiry into the Export of Live Cattle to the Continent for Slaughter's terms of reference were: To enquire into the export trade in live cattle from Great Britain to the Continent for slaughter, the considerations affecting the continuance of this trade, and steps to avoid unnecessary suffering of the cattle at all stages of their journey; and to consider whether slaughter before export would be a desirable and feasible alternative; and to make recommendations. Its report appeared in 1957 as Cmnd 154.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10785/
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Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Division: Registered Files, Committee on the Exportation of Cattle (CXC Series)