Series: Meeting Nos. 1(40) - 29(40), 11 June-20 Dec 1940; Papers Nos. 1(40) - 62(40), 12 June-29 Aug 1940; Statistics 1(40) - 4a, 12 Dec 1940
Taylor Kenkel
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 · 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 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 …