JH/POL/PARL/48 - [Bee keeping]

Reference code

JH/POL/PARL/48

Level of description

File

Title

[Bee keeping]

Date/s

1969-1973

Quantity & Format

98 items Mixed

Subject

United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons
Bee culture
National Farmers' Union
Value added tax
Honey trade
United Kingdom. Department of the Environment
United Kingdom. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Bee Farmers' Association
Norfolk Federation of Bee-Keepers

Scope and content

Contains correspondence with MAFF and Department of the Environment officials, individual bee farmers, the NFU, and the Bee Farmers' Association regarding the VAT rating of honey, the dangers to pollinating bees from aerial spraying, and the rating of bee farming buildings; committee stage reports on the Rating Bill and copies of the bill; leaflets and information on bee keeping; and correspondence, meeting minutes, year books, and reports from the Bee Farmers' Association and the Norfolk Federation of Bee-keepers of which JH was a vice-president. A MAFF pamphlet on bee health is also included.

JH - Hill Papers
- JH/POL - [Political papers]
  - JH/POL/PARL - [Parliamentary papers]
    - JH/POL/PARL/48 - [Bee keeping]

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