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Potato Marketing Board: Basic Acreage Committee and Basic Area Committee: Minutes,...
Catalogue reference: FY 6
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FY 6
Minutes of the Basic Acreage Committee, responsible for administering the allocation of acreage for growing potatoes to individual registered producers. It was renamed the Basic Area Committee in 1976.
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- FY 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Potato Marketing Board: Basic Acreage Committee and Basic Area Committee: Minutes, Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1934-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Basic Acreage Committee, responsible for administering the allocation of acreage for growing potatoes to individual registered producers. It was renamed the Basic Area Committee in 1976.
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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)
- 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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- Potato Marketing Board, Basic Acreage Committee, 1934-1939
- Potato Marketing Board, Basic Acreage Committee, 1955-1976
- Potato Marketing Board, Basic Area Committee, 1976-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 20 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2000 British Potato Council
in 1995 Potato Marketing Board
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Farming
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- Further accruals are not expected.
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The Basic Acreage Committee was established by the Board in 1934, renamed Basic Area Committee in 1976 (in line with metrification), and is still in operation. It was suspended 1940-1954.
Basic acreage (later 'basic area') was the acreage for growing potatoes allocated to individual registered producers under the Potato Marketing Schemes 1933 and 1955 (SI 1933/1186 and 1955/690), as explained in Schedule D of the Schemes. Producers' voting powers and financial contributions to the Scheme were proportionate to their potato acreage. They might be penalised by heavily increased financial contributions for exceeding their basic acreage.
The Committee was responsible for administering the allocation of basic area to growers. This included monitoring applications for basic area from new growers, changes to individual holdings, and sale, transfer or lease of area. It advised the Board on basic area policy, determined powers delegated to staff, and heard appeals made by producers against the operation of the policy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8552/
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