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Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2007

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, has been most complete in his questioning on this order. It is not an order that we have any difficulty with at all; we welcome it, as it fully complies with what was set out in many of the consultation papers and some of the questions that we raised during the passage of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill. I commend the Government especially on moving forward on some of the recommendations made in the consultation, and especially on the issue of ballots. I have just one question for the Minister. Does he believe that any ballots will take place at the appointed time? I do not believe that that has been the case in the past. We welcome the developments. There is a slight problem in that it is very unfortunate that the corn levy instituted in 1880 and unamended since then is to be repealed in full. However, it is a welcome measure which will be very helpful to the industry in reducing costs, leading to a great deal more understanding and a slim-line version of the levy boards.