A Magisterium-sanctioned body operating under the authority of Mrs Coulter, responsible for the programme of child abduction that gives the Gobblers their name. The Board's stated purpose is experimental theological research, specifically the investigation of Dust and its relationship to human development. Its methods - separating children from their daemons through the procedure known as intercision - represent one of the most extreme expressions of the Magisterium's determination to control human consciousness. Operates with considerable secrecy even within Magisterium structures.