Commission for Rural Communities
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The Commission for Rural Communities was established as a division of the Countryside Agency
on 1 April 2005, and became a non-departmental public body
on 1 October 2006, following the enactment of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. The current chair man of the commission is Stuart Burgess. The commission has recently made a visit to Lincolnshire to meet with rural people.
On 29 June 2010 DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman
announced the abolition of the Commission.
Countryside Agency
The Countryside Agency in England was a statutory body set up in 1999 with the task of improving the quality of the rural environment and the lives of those living in it. The Agency was formed by merging the Countryside Commission and the Rural Development Commission...
on 1 April 2005, and became a non-departmental public body
Non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body —often referred to as a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies...
on 1 October 2006, following the enactment of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. The current chair man of the commission is Stuart Burgess. The commission has recently made a visit to Lincolnshire to meet with rural people.
On 29 June 2010 DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman
Caroline Spelman
Caroline Alice Spelman is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who has served as the Member of Parliament for Meriden in the West Midlands since 1997...
announced the abolition of the Commission.