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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
MAF 763
Title
Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land (Northfield Committee): Files
Date
1977-1979
Description

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

Related material

See also MAF 237

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land, 1977-1979
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
Physical description
53 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2018 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accruals
This series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background

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).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16535838/

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Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land (Northfield Committee): Files