Atb Cymru

EDM number 1104 in 1992-93, proposed by Rhodri Morgan on 16/12/1992.

That this House deplores proposals by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to abolish the Agricultural Training Board for Wales; congratulates ATB Cymru on its remarkable achievements since the establishment of its board in 1990, particularly for involving 24,000 participants in 5,000 training days; notes that the board members give their services without salary; commends the work done by ATB Cymru in retraining towards diversification and environmental management; congratulates ATB Cymru's European Strategy Unit on its success in attracting funding from the European Social Fund; applauds the development of 90 training groups which access rural Wales in a uniquely effective way; and calls upon the Government to permit the continuation of ATB Cymru, and to enable it to become an independent body under the auspices of the Welsh Office.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.