Consultation on changes to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Order 2008

1. Overview 1.1 This consultation seeks views on proposals for legislative reforms to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008 and applies to the whole of the United Kingdom where levy is collected by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The UK government and the governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have joint responsibility for the AHDB Order, and we have worked jointly to produce this consultation. The proposed changes will establish the legislative foundations for a reformed AHDB and sit alongside improvements already underway to the structure and governance of AHDB to deliver a more efficient and focused organisation giving value for money and greater accountability to levy payers in the future. 1.2 The consultation proposals take forward the recommendations set out in the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations’ response to the Request for Views on the future of the AHDB [1] a