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Potato Marketing Board: Merchants' Authorization Committee and Licensing Committee:...
Catalogue reference: FY 13
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FY 13
This series contains minutes of the Merchants' Authorisation Committee, later the Licensing Committee of the Potato Marketing Board
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FY 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Potato Marketing Board: Merchants' Authorization Committee and Licensing Committee: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes of the Merchants' Authorisation Committee, later the Licensing Committee of the Potato Marketing Board
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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)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Potato Marketing Board, Licensing Committee, 1955-1993
- Potato Marketing Board, Merchants Authorisation Committee, 1934-1939
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open 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
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Farming
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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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 Merchants' Authorisation Committee was established under the Potato Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order (Great Britain) 1933. Its role was to monitor the licensing process for potato merchants so ensuring that potatoes were sold through approved outlets. Licensed merchants were accountable to the Potato Marketing Board for their financial probity, and general transactions.
During the Second World War the board's duties were taken over by the Ministry of Food who continued to operate a licensing system.
When the Potato Marketing Board was re-established in 1955, merchants registered with the Ministry of Food were automatically transferred to the re-named Licensing Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8559/
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