Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has announced that Defra will be:
- Withdrawing Defra funding from the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC);
- Abolishing the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution;
- Abolishing the Agricultural Wages Board, the 15 Agricultural Wages Committees, the 16 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees and the Committee on Agricultural Valuation;
- Abolishing the Inland Waterways Advisory Council; and
- Abolishing the Commons Commissioners.
Further information can be found on Defra's website
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