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.


NON-TANKER IMPORTS. MINIMUM IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR 1942. Report by the Import Executive.
TIMBER. Memo. by Minister of Supply.
RESTRICTION ON MEALS EATEN IN PUBLIC. Memo. by the Minister of Food.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. RE-CONSTITUTION OF:
BOOKS. Memo. by Minister of Information.
BREAD POLICY. Note by Minister of War Transport.
ANNUAL CONFERENCES. Memo. by Minister of War Transport.
PETROL RATIONS OF PRIVATE CARS. PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN: Memo. by Secretary for Petroleum.
MAN POWER FROM ABROAD. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service covering Report by Chairman of the Committee on Overseas Manpower.
DOUBLE SUMMER TIME. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service and Minister of War Transport.
AGRICULTURAL COSTS AND PRICES. Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and S/S Scotland covering statements setting out the terms of the Government pledge, the principal occasions on which it has been given and authority for those statements, and extent to which agricultural prices would have to be adjusted if there were to be an arithmetical increase, commodity by commodity, to cover increases in costs which have taken place since prices were last reviewed.
PRODUCER GAS. DEVELOPMENT FOR ROAD VEHICLES. Note by President of the Board of Trade covering joint memo. by Secretaries for Mines and Petroleum.
COAL. Report by Secretary for Mines for January, 1942.
MOTOR TYRES. CONTROL OF: Joint Memo. by Minister of War Transport and the Secretary for Petroleum.
FLOUR CONSUMPTION AND BREAD RATIONING. Memo. by Minister of Food.
ROAD HAULAGE AND HIRE CHARGES. CONTROL OF: Memo. by Minister of War Transport.
BANKING AND ALLIED BUSINESSES. CONCENTRATION OF: Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
WHEAT DISCUSSION. Note by President of the Board of Trade covering Conclusions of, in Washington.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. Changes in:
RESTRICTION ON MEALS EATEN IN PUBLIC. Memo. by the Minister of Food.
COAL. NEED FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION OF: Memo. by Minister of War Transport and Secretary for Petroleum.
PROPOSED ABOLITION OF BASIC PETROL RATION. Note by President of the Board of Trade.
PENSIONS APPEALS. Memo. by Minister of Transport.
HOLIDAYS IN 1942	Note by Minister of Labour and National Service covering Note by Labour Co-ordinating Committee.
DOCTORS. CALLING UP OF, TO THE FORCES. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service.
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. PRICES OF: Memo. by Secretary of Petroleum.
THE CLOTHING RATION. Memo. by the President of the Board of Trade.
AGRICULTURAL PRICES. PROPOSALS FOR A REVISED SCHEDULS FOR 1941/2. Memo. by Lord President of the Council covering revised schedules.
MALTING 1941/1942 SEASON. LABOUR SUPPLY FOR: Joint Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service and Minister of Food.
PENSIONS APPEAL TRIBUNALS. Memo. by Minister of Pensions.
NON-TANKER IMPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1942. Report by Import Executive.
OVERSEA TRADE IN FEBRUARY. Memo. prepared in Board of  Trade.
POTTERY. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, RAW MATERIALS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. STOCKS OF: Monthly report by Central Statistical Office.
CEREALS. ALLOCATION FOR GRAIN DISTILLING. Memo. by Minister of Food.
COAL PRICES. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
OVERSEAS TRADE IN JANUARY. Memo. prepared in Board of Trade.
COAL Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
COAL. Report by Secretary for Mines for February, 1942.
FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFF, RAW MATERIALS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. STOCKS OF: Monthly Report by Central Statistical Office.
FARMERS' RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and S/S Scotland.
BREAD POLICY. Memo. by Minister of Health.
CEREALS. ALLOCATION FOR DISTILLING. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
AGRICULTURAL POLICY. Extracts from statements made by Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith on 14.12.39, and the late Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain), 29.2.40.
MERCHANT SEAMEN. REMUNERATION OF: Note by Minister of War Transport.
LIQUOR CONTROL. Memo. by Minister of Food.
U.K. PETROLEUM MINIMUM IMPORT REQUIREMENTS - 1942. Report by Secretary for Petroleum.
BOOKS. Memo. by Minister of Information.
MILITARY TRAINING ACT, 1939. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service.
TOBACCO SUPPLIES AND RATIONING. Memo. by the President of the Board of Trade.
BOOKS. SUPPLY OF: Memo. by Lord President of the Council.
MILK. RETROSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF SUMMER, 1941, PRICES. Memo. by Minister of Food.
GOVERNMENT EVACUATION SCHEME. BILLETING ALLOWANCES. Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Minister of Health and S/S Scotland.
RESTRICTION OF MEALS EATEN IN PUBLIC. Memo. by the Minister of Food.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. RE-CONSTITUTION OF:
COAL PRODUCTION. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service.
WAGES SITUATION AND INFLATION. Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
OVERSEA TRADE IN DECEMBER. Memorandum by Board of Trade.
BLACK MARKET OFFENCES. Memo. by Home Secretary.
FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, RAW MATERIALS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. STOCKS OF: Monthly Report by Central Statistical Office.
HOME FRONT PROBLEMS. MEETINGS FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION OF: Memo. by Lord President of the Council.
TOBACCO. Note by the President of the Board of Trade.
COAL POLICY AND FUEL RATIONING. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
TOBACCO SUPPLIES. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
COALMINING INDUSTRY. RECRUITMENT OF BOYS FOR: Note by Secretary for Mines.
CONSUMPTION OF MOTOR SPIRIT BY THE SERVICES. Memo. by S/S War.
TIMBER. Memo. by Minister of Supply.
FURTHER RESTRICTION OF CIVIL CONSUMPTION. Memorandum by the Home Secretary.
STAFFS ADMINISTERING SCHEMES OF CONTROL. POSSIBLE REDUCTION OR POOLING OF: Memo. by Treasury.
PAPER. RATIONING AND CONSUMPTION OF: Memo. by Minister of Supply.
FOOD INDUSTRIES. CONCENTRATION OF: Memo. by Minister of Food.
COAL. Report by Secretary for Mines for December, 1941.
EX-MINERS IN THE ARMY. RELEASE OF: Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
CONSUMER GOODS. FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON: Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
PRODUCER GAS FOR ROAD TRANSPORT. Note by Minister of War Transport.
RUBBER AND TYRE POSITION. PROPOSAL TO EFFECT FURTHER ECONOMIES IN PETROL CONSUMPTION BY ABOLITION OF THE BASIC RATION, IN ORDER TO RELIEVE: Memo. by Petroleum Dept.
BREAD POLICY. Memo. by Minister of Food.
COAL SITUATION AND RATIONING. Review by Mines Department. Note by Secretary circulating:
AGRICULTURAL PRICES. ESTIMATE OF FARMERS' PROFITS. Memo. by Lord President of the Council covering Memo. by Officials of the Economic Section of the War Cabinet Secretariat and of the Agricultural Departments.
STATISTICAL DIGEST. SERIES 'A', APRIL, 1942	STATISTICS RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. Note by the Central Statistical Office.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. TARGETS OF: Memo. by Minister of Food.
INCREASING RATE OF EXTRACTION OF FLOUR FROM WHEAT, EFFECT OF: Memo. by Minister of Food, Minister of Agriculture and fisheries and S/S Scotland.
BASIC PETROL RATION. ABOLITION OF: Report by Treasury.
THOMAS COOK AND SON, LTD. Memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
AGRICULTURAL PRICES. STATISTICS OF FARMERS' RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. Memo. by Lord President of the Council covering:
FUEL RATIONING. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
TIMBER. Memo. by Minister of Supply.
SUBSTITUTES FOR IMPORTED LIQUID FUEL. Note by President of the Board of Trade covering Memo. by Secretaries for Mines and Petroleum.
OVERSEA TRADE IN MARCH. Memo. prepared in Board of Trade.
DOUBLE SUMMER TIME. Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
STABILISATION POLICY AND CLOTHING PRICES. Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
MINING BY DIRECT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, RAW MATERIALS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Monthly report by the Central Statistical Office.
COAL CONSUMPTION. Memo. by Minister of Production.
HOME GUARD - COMPULSORY ENTROIMENT. Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
MACHINERY FOR CHECKING REGISTRATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACTS. Memo. by Minister of Labour and National Service.
EXPORT POLICY. Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
MAN-POWER FOR MINING INDUSTRY. Memo. by President of the Board of Trade.
MILLING RATION. EFFECTS ON FOOD PRODUCTION OF ALTERATION IN: Joint Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, S/S Scotland and S/S Home Department.
SCHOOLCHILDREN. EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURAL WORK. Joint Memo. by Home Secretary, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, President of the Board of the Board of Education.