Series: War Cabinet Lord President's Committee L.P. (40) and L.P. (S) (40)
Peter Ciuffetti
A file of memoranda, meeting minutes, and statistical information concerning the workings of the Lord President's Committee on domestic affairs during the Second World War. The documents discuss the British government's proposal to implement a system of means-testing to the British welfare system, ensuring that those in need of welfare payments are granted them according to their level of need; and the committee's efforts to requisition factories and warehouses around the country to ensure that Britain's supplies of key commodities are protected from German air raids. The documents also contain a copy of the report of the British government's Unemployment Assistance Board for 1937; and a series of statistical reports providing information on Britain's reserve stocks of food, fuel, and raw materials. Other documents comment on the prices of various agricultural products; a rise in the wages paid to British farmers; and shortages of raw materials, including aluminium, steel, and paper.
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The National Archives · 23 August 1940 English
Extract from the Meeting of the Food Policy Committee held on Thursday, 22nd August, 1940. (F.P.(M.)(40) 28th Meeting, Con###lusion 1). 1. AGRICULTURAL PRICES. (Previous Reference: F.P.(M)(40) 27th Meeting, Conclusion 3). …
The National Archives · 28 June 1940 English
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. (Previous reference: L.P. (40) 6th Conclusions, Minute 1.) 1. THE COMMITTEE had documents:- before them the following Revised draft of statement prepared by the Minister of …
The National Archives · 5 September 1940 English
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE, MONTAGU HOUSE, [M.H.590 (Stats)] WHITEHALL, S.W.1. Copy of a letter dated 15th August, 1940 from the Minister of Labour to the Minister without Portfolio. …
The National Archives · 5 November 1940 English
ME###S TEST. vi###us ###nce: (###)21st ###sions, ###l). 'X" THE COMMITTEE had before them a draft circulated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the announcement proposed to be made by …
The National Archives · 9 December 1940 English
DETERMINATION OF NEEDS BILL. Provisions relating to War Savings and to the winding up of the Unemployment Assistance Fund. Note prepared in the Treasury. I. War Savings. Apart from changes …
The National Archives · 16 July 1940 English
1940 (Paper No. P.C. (40) 6) and approved by the Committee on 6th April, (Paper No. P.C. (40) 9). The allocations to Departments of softwoods for building are given in …
The National Archives · 25 July 1940 English
(4) that the newspaper proprietors purchase the American ships under an arrangement made by them in agreement with the Ministry of Shipping; (b) to recommend that if agreement were reached …
The National Archives · 6 November 1940 English
REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC POSITION IN EVACUATED AND PROTECTED AREAS BY THE. SUB-COMMITTEE ON CIVIL LIABILITIES. PART I. 1. We were invited by the Lord President's Committee at its Meeting …
The National Archives · 13 August 1940 English
Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1939. 4. At the outset of the war it had been decided that it was desirable to avoid anything in the nature of a general moratorium …
The National Archives · 27 June 1940 English
ANNEX A. DRAFT OF THE BROADCAST PROPOSED TO BE MADE BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. What I have to say to-night mainly concerns farmers. But it is of …