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 · 8 November 1940 English
1. THE COMMITTEE had before them the following papers on the question of warehousing:- Note by the Lord President covering a report by the Treasury Investigating Officers (L.P.(40) 40). Memorandum …
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 · 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 · 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 · 19 July 1940 English
I###PORT OF N###WSPRINT. 1. The Committee had before them the following papers:- Memorandum by the Minister without (Paper No. L.P. (40) 12). Portfolio. Memorandum by the Minister of Supply. (Paper …
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 …
The National Archives · 26 July 1940 English
(b) The Loss of supplies from France and the Low Countries. 3. The most serious loss of supplies which we have sustai### is that of iron ore, since over half …
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. …