Series
Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land (Northfield...
Catalogue reference: MAF 763
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MAF 763
The information held on the files in this series is mainly concerned with the gathering of evidence for consideration by the Committee which included a number of witness statements, correspondence, procedural information and supporting documents....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 763
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land (Northfield Committee): Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The information held on the files in this series is mainly concerned with the gathering of evidence for consideration by the Committee which included a number of witness statements, correspondence, procedural information and supporting documents.
Related topics can be found in MAF 237 which deals with matters affecting the relationship between owners and tenants of agricultural land under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also MAF 237
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land, 1977-1979
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 53 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2018 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- This 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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This Committee, chaired by Lord Northfield, was appointed to examine trends in agricultural land acquisition and occupancy as they affected the structure of the agricultural industry and to report on the same. The Committee report was officially published as a Command Paper in 1979 (Cmnd. 7599).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16535838/
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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Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land (Northfield Committee): Files