Series: Papers Nos. 1(42) - 105(42)

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25 August 2022
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A file of memoranda, graphs, and statistical data concerning the workings of the Lord President's Committee on domestic affairs during the Second World War. The documents discuss the committee's attempts to save key resources through rationing, with items such as tobacco, tea, and alcohol targeted by the committee to be rationed; and the committee's attempts to cut down on public largesse, including its decision that meals served in restaurants should not consist of more than three courses. The documents also cover the payment of pensions to British ex-servicemen; the committee's attempts to increase the supply of doctors and dentists for the British Armed Forces; and the committee's concern that the British coal mining industry is in need of a larger workforce, as the upcoming winter is set to put severe pressure on Britain's coal reserves. Other documents include a series of graphs outlining recent developments in Britain's industrial productivity.


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The National Archives · 6 March 1942 English

alternative -2- transport arrangements to be made in the case of private cars at present licensed and insured by individuals but used largely on behalf of Government Departments, including Civil …


The National Archives · 26 January 1942 English

threaten and make Submitted for approval, the following factors have been taken which is into account : - to impose further strain on our (a) Recent developments it desirable that …


The National Archives · 14 January 1942 English

6. The total consumption of crude rubber in the manufacture of civilian tyres is 49,000 tons. It is hoped to save 8,000 tons by the two control schemes mentioned above, …


The National Archives · 4 February 1942 English

###CUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) Copy No. 33. WAR CABINET ###uary, 1942. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ALLOCATION OF CEREALS FOP. GRAIN DISTILLING MEMORANDUM BY MINISTER OF FOOD …


The National Archives · 25 April 1942 English

8. There -2- is already in existence machinery which could be adapted for this purpose. Two levies are at present collected in, and administered by, the coal industry, (1) the …


The National Archives · 15 January 1942 English

MAN POWER FROM ABROAD. Report by the Chairman of the Committee on Overseas Manpower. 1. In accordance with the decision of the Lord President's Committee on 19th December, 1941, the …


The National Archives · 27 March 1942 English

3. The demand for coal for war a derived demand through gas, electricity, chemicals. The direct demand from the engineering and allied industries for heating and driving purposes is relatively …


The National Archives · 17 January 1942 English

It is, indeed, not too much to say that the main war-time domestic policy of the Government is to-day dependent on what happens in the sphere of wage-rates, on the …


The National Archives · 30 March 1942 English

Industrial assurance, conducted partly by companies and partly by collecting societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, involves the employment of large numbers of door-to- door collectors, and …


The National Archives · 14 April 1942 English

-2- I. Subject to consultation with mine-owners and miners, rationing will apply to coal supplied to mine-owners and to miners for domestic consumption as to others, subject to allowance of …