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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agricultural Policy Division:...

Catalogue reference: MAF 426

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MAF 426

These files contain policy papers on the compensation of farmers who lost stock during the 1967 foot and mouth disease outbreak. This includes measures to ensure equity of treatment following a sharp rise in stock prices which lead to farmers who...

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MAF 426

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agricultural Policy Division: Rehabilitation and Re-stocking Following the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak (CN Series): Registered Files
Date

1967-1969

Description

These files contain policy papers on the compensation of farmers who lost stock during the 1967 foot and mouth disease outbreak. This includes measures to ensure equity of treatment following a sharp rise in stock prices which lead to farmers who received compensation at the beginning of the outbreak at a financial disadvantage.

Arrangement

Files are in former departmental reference order.

Related material

Other files relating to the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease can be found in MAF 287

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CN file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, General Agricultural Policy Division, 1969-1977
Physical description

3 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2004 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Selected under the TNA's Acquisition Policy section 2.2.1.2, management of the economy

Administrative / biographical background

The CN file series was used by the General Agricultural Policy Division working on issues of rehabilitation and re-stocking following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 1967.

By 1976 this work had ceased and the file series was closed.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15997/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agricultural Policy Division: Rehabilitation and Re-stocking Following the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak (CN Series): Registered Files