Further industry requests for levy schemes to support agriculture came during the Conservative governments of the 1980s and 1990s, for instance from the National Farmers Union for a horticultural development council,[REF] which was established in 1986 [REF].
The Horticultural Development Council,[REF] the Milk Development Council,[REF] and British Potato Council[REF] were funded under the Act until 2008, when they were merged with the Home-Grown Cereals Authority and Meat and Livestock Commission [REF].