###ce ###. ###HING ###SS The Committee had under consideration a Memorandum by the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security (L.P.(42) 216) regarding the allowances paid to fire watchers at business premises. THE HOME SECRETARY reminded the Committee that when the Government desired, in the summer of 1941, to tighten up the arrangements for fire watching at business premises, it was decided that standard rates of subsistence allowance should be prescribed, and that the cost of defraying those allowances should be transferred from the employer to the Exchequer.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/7/23
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 71/7
- Former Department Reference
- LP(42) 60th Meeting
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000007.023
- Keywords
- Air Raids Allowances Bomb Damage Business Civil Defence Factories Female Labour Fire Prevention Fire Watch Gender Pay Gap Industrial Disputes Industry Subsidies Trade Unions
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- British Trades Union Congress Home Guard Joint Industrial Council Lord President's Committee National Advisory Council for Fire Prevention
- Pages
- 5
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Military Activity Home Defence Wages Cost of Living Air Raid Precautions Civil Defence
