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 · 9 July 1940 English
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Material. Total Allocated. Export. % Export Total. Date of Allocation. Date. Weeks' Supply. ### 6/2/40 For yr. 1st Jan/ Pig Iron 482,800 …
The National Archives · 30 September 1940 English
CONTENTS I.—PRODUCTION— Table Aircraft and Aero-Engines 1 Deliveries of War Equipment 2 Munitions 3 and 4 Small Arms Ammunition 5 Deliveries and Stocks of .303-in. ammunition 6 Essential Commodities 7 …
The National Archives · 30 November 1940 English
CONTENTS I.—PRODUCTION— Table Aircraft and Aero-Engines 1 Deliveries of War Equipment 2 Munitions 3 and 4 Small Arms Ammunition 5 Deliveries and Stocks of .303-in. ammuuition Essential Commodities Home Grown …
The National Archives · 20 June 1940 English
2 PRODUCTION(1) For the Services (1) Corrected after changes in wage rates. (2) January-September. (3) Estimated. Table 1 Ministry of A.A. Guns Supply. Tanks. Tank and Index of Light, Anti-Tank …
The National Archives · 31 October 1940 English
CONTENTS I.—PRODUCTION— Table Aircraft and Aero-Engines 1 Deliveries of War Equipment 2 Munitions 3 and 4 Small Arms Ammunition 5 Deliveries and Stocks of .303-in. ammunition 6 Essential Commodities 7 …
The National Archives · 26 July 1940 English
CONTENTS Production— Aircraft and Aero-Engines War Equipment Small Arms Ammunition Machine Tool Activity Hours of Operation of Machine Tools Essential Commodities Consumption and Stocks— Coal, Iron Ore, Aluminium Wool, Cotton, …
The National Archives · 29 August 1940
CONTENTS Table Aircraft and Aero-Engines 1 Deliveries of War Equipment 2 Munitions 3 and 4 Small Arms Ammunition 5 Deliveries and Stocks of .303-in. ammunition 6 Essential Commodities 7 Home …
The National Archives · 17 October 1940 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. L.P.(40)38. 17th October, 1940. COPY NO. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. ALTERNATIVE SCHEME FOR UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. Note by Sir …
The National Archives · 27 August 1940 English
###GRICULTURAL ###RICES. Pr###ious Reference: L.P. (40) 7th Conclusions, Minute 1). The Committee had before them the following papers:- Draft Statement by the Minister of Food. (L.P. (40) 29.) Note by …
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 · 19 December 1940 English
showing its current use and the purpose for which it is If the Controller needs such a Register it will be necessary for a special survey to be undertaken. We …
The National Archives · 13 June 1940 English
PLY OF H LABOUR. 1. THE COMMITTEE had before them a note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department covering a memorandum by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State …
The National Archives · 27 June 1940 English
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL, PRODUCTS. (Previous reference L.P. (40) 5th Conclusions, Minute 1). The Committee had before documents:- them the following Proposed announcement in regard to the Government's policy on agricultural …
The National Archives · 21 June 1940 English
agreed that in Digest, there should either in showing the Small Arms Ammunition, presented such a way as requirements of Royal Air Force production of the essential consumption the short …
The National Archives · 9 July 1940 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. INDEX COPY NO. P.X. (40) 31. 5th July, 1940. WAR CABINET. PRODUCTION COUNCIL. THE SETTLEMENT OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING WAGES …
The National Archives · 9 November 1940 English
WAREHOUSE AND FACTORY ACCOMMODATION (Previous Reference:- L.P.(40) 24th Conclusions, Minute 4.) THE POLICY OF DISPERSAL OF FACTORIES. 1. THE COMMITTEE had consideration the report of (L.P.(40) 55). under preliminary the …
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 October 1940 English
WAREHOUSING. Report by Treasury Investigating Officers. I. INTRODUCTION. Officers of the Treasury Investigation Section recently undertook a general survey of the port of Liverpool with special reference to the possibility …
The National Archives · 20 June 1940 English
(b) (c) stimulate output, but are partly to be explained also by the coming into operation of new productive capacity and by the speeding up of inspection. The general index …
The National Archives · 9 July 1940 English
COPY OF A MINUTE TO THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO, DATED 9TH JULY, 1940. INISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO. On 5th July, you wrote to the President of the Board of rade and …
The National Archives · 16 October 1940 English
REPORT OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st December, 1937 Presented by the Minister of Labour to Parliament by Command of His Majesty June, 1938 LONDON PRINTED …
The National Archives · 16 December 1940 English
12. The Port and Transit Organisation (see note below) is satisfied that the provision of additional sorting depots away from existing sheds is a matter of urgent national importance. 13. …
The National Archives · 29 July 1940 English
###TA###ISTICS 1. ###EA###ING ON THE ###EV###LOPMENT OF ###UR WAR EFFORT. The Committee had before them Digest No.2. (Series A) of Statistics bearing on the development of our war effort. (Paper …
The National Archives · 27 August 1940 English
WAR-TIME INSOLVENCY Memorandum by the Attorney-General. Although conditions in the last war caused no doubt considerable dislocation and financial hardship to certain classes of the community, it did not produce …
The National Archives · 22 November 1940 English
2. THE COMMITTEE had before them a note by the PORT AND committee under the TRANSPOR on the Effect of Port DIFFICUL and Transport difficulties on Exports from Liverpool. IES …
The National Archives · 16 October 1940 English
(1) See Note A. (2) an applicant without dependants - (a) Where the applicant is not the householder (i) if he is living in the same house as his father …
The National Archives · 3 July 1940 English
ANNEX A. LIMITATION OF HOME CONSUMPTION. The Economic Policy Committee agreed on 29th May, 1940, ø (a) "to authorise the President of the Board of Trade to immediate effect a …
The National Archives · 5 July 1940 English
(2) (3) (4) that the importing Departments to take note present opportunity to import as quantities as possible of raw materials and of storable food-stuffs and at the same time …
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 · 31 October 1940 English
The Means Test. It is believed that the features of the present means test which give rise to the greatest objection are: (a) the case where an applicant's household includes …
The National Archives · 26 July 1940 English
OS###ECTIVE ###P###IES OF UX###TE AND UM###NIUM. 1. The Committee had before them a Memorandum by the Minister without Portfolio on the prospective world supplies of bauxite and aluminium. (Paper No. …
The National Archives · 16 August 1940 English
###ACUATED 1. THE COMMITTEE had before them a memorandum by the Lord AND Privy Seal on the economic position of evacuated and PROTECTED protected areas (L.P. (40) 27). AREAS. THE …
The National Archives · 20 June 1940 English
what indeed controllers have in the past frequently overlooked, that under the siege conditions to which we may be reduced, it is important to impose drastic economies even in the …
The National Archives · 19 December 1940 English
CONTROL OF FACTORY AND STORAGE SPACE. Draft Report. 1. The expanding requirements of essential and the damage caused by enemy air attack are production together producing a growing shortage of …
The National Archives · 22 November 1940 English
RE###ATRIATION 1. OF THE CON- T###RL OF TH###MAS COOK & ON, LTD. THE COMMITTEE had under consideration a memor- andum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (L.P.(40)51) proposing the repatriation …
The National Archives · 28 September 1940 English
###PENSATION ### WAR ###AGE TO ###PERTY. THE COMMITTEE had before them a Memorandum by the chancellor of the Exchequer giving particulars of a scheme for the grant of compensation for …
The National Archives · 1 August 1940 English
months when we shall be able to foresee with more certainty the conditions under which the war will develop and the circumstances which the scheme would be required to meet. …
The National Archives · 7 November 1940 English
flow of production. In the pursuit of ###f this policy long hours overtime had been worked, and his had led to a fall in output per head. The workers had …
The National Archives · 2 August 1940 English
If, however, the Committee should regard it as essential that immediate plans should be made I would like to suggest that the responsibility for them could be more appropriately placed …
The National Archives · 26 September 1940 English
(5) This proposal would give to one particular class, i.e. the property owner, a prior lien on the national resources. There is an obvious objection to giving property a more …
The National Archives · 30 September 1940 English
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Muntions Production (tables 3 and 4). issues, the figures for tanks are (a) In the present production of (a) light, (b) cruiser and (c) …
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 · 13 December 1940 English
sc###pe the C###trol. 1. THE COMMITTEE had before them the following papers:- Report of Committee. (L.P.(40) 55). Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade. (L.P.(40) 57). Memorandum by …
The National Archives · 29 August 1940 English
(3) Munitions Production (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (tables 3 and 4) On the present occasion, the figures for tanks are sub-divided to show production of (a) light, (b) cruiser …
The National Archives · 25 June 1940 English
the conclusions reached by the Food (d) accept Policy Committee at its meeting held on 24th May, 1940 (F.P.(M)(40) 14th Conclusions, Minute 3) that, as regards the 1940-41 season the …
The National Archives · 2 September 1940 English
rationing arrangements with 13 trade associations comprising 476 firms as set out in the following table. used in the reference period (generally the year ended 30.6.39) was 16,624 tons, and …
The National Archives · 3 August 1940 English
I. The new schedule and the cost of living index. 2. It will be convenient to begin by attempting to estimate the extent to which, in the absence of subsidies …
The National Archives · 31 October 1940 English
September. The index for Guns, etc. declined by 20 per cent., the index for Ammunition Components by 26 per cent. and that for Explosives by 36 per cent. The Ministry …
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 · 5 December 1940 English
warehousing of foodstuffs and other perishable goods, having regard to:- (a) the needs of the various regions; (b) the suitability of the accommodation available; (c) the economic and convenient use …