Series: Papers Nos. 1(42) - 105(42)
Taylor Kenkel
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
OUTLINE OF SCHEME FOR RATIONING GAS, ELECTRICITY, COAL AND COKE. 1. The scheme will apply to all non-industrial premises and provide for maximum allowances to consumers. The public will be …
The National Archives · 3 February 1942 English
WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. THE COAL SITUATION & RATIONING. Note by the Secretary for Mines. Since L.P.(42)30 was written the Coal Production Council have had an opportunity of reviewing …
The National Archives · 1 April 1942 English
-2- occupations. Payment should be made to those undergoing training as in other war industries. Under (d) a system of free medical supervision and physical training should be established. This …
The National Archives · 29 April 1942 English
ANNEX I to L.P. (42) 104. M.T. SPIRIT - 1941 CONSUMPTION. AND ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS. 1942. (All figures rounded) EXCLUDING AVIATION SPIRIT Service 1941 Consumption 1942 Estimate Increase Percentage tons. tons. …
The National Archives · 22 April 1942 English
TO KEY. requested ensure IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) MOST SECRET COPY 22ND STOCKS OF FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS, RAW AND This report gives the figures of …
The National Archives · 25 April 1942 English
5. The purpose of these meetings is to provide a useful forum for the discussion of Home Front questions of common interest to the Ministers concerned. I suggest that this …
The National Archives · 1 April 1942 English
RATIONING OF TOBACCO. With reference to Conclusion (4) of the 20th meeting of the Lord President's Committee the question of how tobacco can best be rationed has been considered by …
The National Archives · 30 April 1943 English
MINISTRY OF SUPPLY - HOME TIMBER PRODUCTION DEPARTRMENT. 1942 TIMBER CENSUS. 1. According to the Census just completed the total Standing Timber (including Park and Hedgerow) in Great Britain at …
The National Archives · 2 March 1942 English
5. Flour Consumption. The War Cabinet have in principle agreed to the raising of the milling ratio to 85% from the 1st April. Further economies could, however, be secured - …
The National Archives · 16 April 1942 English
on the the Salvage -2- Economy Sections, and to development It has also led to a very great increase in the importance side. of the Home Grown Timber Sections. The …
The National Archives · 22 April 1942 English
4. 8. is 5. 6. 7. 9. - 2 - The allocations to particular uses have been closely combed and progressively reduced. Increased economies in wrapping and packing may yet …
The National Archives · 13 March 1942 English
(5) -2- (3) (4) II. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Hide Markets Concentration has been gradually introduced during the pat year, and 51 out of 143 markets closed. …
The National Archives · 21 January 1942 English
PRODUCTION. January February March April May June July August September October November December " " " Estimated Quantity of Saleable (weekly average) " " TABLE 1941 3,824,000 " " " …
The National Archives · 21 February 1942 English
PART II. 1. I have gone fully into the question of man power in the Coal mines. 2. During the years 1920-1933 the personnel of the industry contracted from a …
The National Archives · 3 February 1942 English
This Document is the property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. SECRET COPY NO. 54 L.P. (42) 32 3rd February, 1942. WAR CABINET Lord President's Committee Allocation of Cereals for distilling …
The National Archives · 8 January 1942 English
###IS WAR CABINET. DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.) SECRET. (42) 8. COPY NO. January, 1942. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. AGRICULTURAL POLICY. Note by the Chancellor of the …
The National Archives · 10 February 1942 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. P. (42) 39. COPY NO. 54 9th February 1942. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. BREAD POLICY. NOTE BY MINISTER …
The National Archives · 6 April 1942 English
HIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. 54 SECRET. P. (42) 84. COPY NO:- April, 1942. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENTS' COMMITTEE. ANNUAL CONFERENCES. emorandum by the Minister …
The National Archives · 20 January 1942 English
B. Supplementary Ration. A cut of 10 per cent on all supplementary rations of private cars and motor cycles, with the proviso that in the case of an "essential" user …
The National Archives · 25 April 1942 English
INDUSTRIES COVERED BY LIMITATION OF SUPPLIES (MISC.) ORDERS. Numbers of Wage-earning Employees engaged in Manufacture. 1 2 3 Employment on Controlled Employment on all Goods for Home Orders. Products (including, …
The National Archives · 22 April 1942 English
MINISTRY 22nd OF WAR TRANSPORT. 1942. -2- APRIL, to seek recoupment of proved loss of carrying capacity. Compensation would be based on a certified statement of mileage run, and would …
The National Archives · 28 January 1942 English
3. Under the existing tyre control proposals no motorist running on basic ration only will be allowed to acquire tyres to replace those on his car — he will merely …
The National Archives · 14 April 1942 English
APPENDIX Essential articles of consumer ware, made of china, earthenware or stoneware, to he allowed to be manufactured, undecorated, for the home market after 1st June. Teapots Coffee Pots Cups …
The National Archives · 2 February 1942 English
###Y ###NG ###ON MILK ###ION. ###cry of Food, February, 1942. so drastic a cut, the replacement of the bacon and eggs would present great difficulty. Refrigerated tonnage imposes a limit …
The National Archives · 3 February 1942 English
-2- based on a man-power of 720,000 and a halving of the loss from transport difficulties and want of trade experienced last winter. The latter expectation seems likely to be …
The National Archives · 20 January 1942 English
2. -1- Memorandum by Officials of the Economic Section of the war Cabinet Secretariat and of the Agricultural Departments. At the meeting of the Lord President's Committee on 15th January, …
The National Archives · 14 April 1942 English
(IV) Stocks Under present conditions, and particularly if the shipping situation deteriorates further, the continuance of the war effort during 1942 and 1943 will depend in part on the amount …
The National Archives · 5 January 1942 English
Ministry -2- Meat and Eggs. The output of meat and eggs must clearly depend to some extent on the quantities of concentrated feedstuffs, fodder and grazing available after the needs …
The National Archives · 31 January 1942 English
LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE EFFECT OF INCREASING RATE OF EXTRACTION OF FLOUR FROM WHEAT Memorandum by the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Department of Agriculture …
The National Archives · 3 March 1942 English
have to be dealt with, and the general justification being that a high proportion of the holders of Basic Rations are likely to be using them to eke out the …
The National Archives · 3 January 1942 English
-2- ###easury The final condition was that the Railways should undertake to keep in the forefront the national publicity value of the organisation and not to treat it simply as …
The National Archives · 29 January 1942 English
-2- 5. The basic period is taken as October, 1940, in preference to a pre-war period. Standardisation of wages after the outbreak of war affected the costs of hauliers very …
The National Archives · 18 March 1942 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. 68. COPY NO. 54 FOR Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade. 1. The Committee decided on March …
The National Archives · 3 March 1942 English
4. Of the other items in the Index (rents being already stabilised) far the biggest is Clothing, and clothing prices had risen between the outbreak of war and 1st April, …
The National Archives · 21 January 1942 English
THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC GOVERNMENT SECRET. COPY NO. 54 L.P. (42) 18 21st January, 1942. WAR CABINET. LORD COMMITTEE MINING BY DIRECT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Memorandum by the …
The National Archives · 31 March 1942 English
Memorandum by the Secretaries for Mines and Petroleum. INTRODUCTORY. This question was last considered generally by the Committee 21st February, 1941, (L.P. (41) 6th meeting, Conclusion 4). The Committee had …
The National Archives · 15 April 1942 English
January 137 30,377 365 802 249 891 290 843 29,998 27,250 31,838 25,724 67,434 82### 35,394 205 1,057 30,043 241 821 39,112 26,927 54 375 84,187 210 1,212 60 100 …
The National Archives · 4 February 1942 English
5. I do not ask for reconsideration of the main question, which was fully considered last year, but I do feel strongly that the extensions now proposed would make a …
The National Archives · 25 February 1942 English
6. March/April. The net deficiency of 35,000 tons of milling ### resulting from an alteration in the milling ratio on March 16th ### met by drawing upon working stocks of …
The National Archives · 18 March 1942 English
-2- representations from the War Agricultural Executive Commi### to allow individual children aged 12 or more to be absent from school in term-time for employment in urgent seasonal agricultural work …
The National Archives · 5 March 1942 English
###CUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. 54 COPY NO. WAR CABINET. ###) 46 (revise). LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. ###ch, 1942. LAID RE-LICENSING OF CARS UP DURING THE WINTER. …
The National Archives · 10 February 1942 English
-2- Deficiency Increase Distribution Net due to f.o.b. due to freight cost adjustment deficiency Pence per gallon. Motor Spirit 0.480 0.680 -0.512 0.648 DERV Fuel 0.215 +0.158 1.145 Kerosene: Burning …
The National Archives · 6 March 1942 English
(d) Consumption at the 50 coupon level, after taking into account the extra supplement, is estimated to involve the employment of 50,000 fewer workers in the textile and clothing trades, …
The National Archives · 10 March 1942 English
###CUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). SECRET L.P. (42) 62. COPY NO. ###TH MARCH, 1942. WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE PENSIONS APPEAL TRIBUNALS. Memorandum by the Minister …
The National Archives · 13 January 1942 English
4. We are now informed that January loadings are not 2 million tons, and that although likely to be more than stand at 1.85 million tons, they February loadings now …
The National Archives · 14 March 1942 English
Movements and Classes. Imports:- Food, drink and tobacco Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured Articles wholly or mainly manufactured Animals, not for food Parcel post Total Imports Exports of United …
The National Archives · 2 February 1942 English
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE. Holidays in 1942. (Note by the Labour Co-ordinating Committee) 1. It has been suggested that the Government should issue immediately a general announcement with regard to holiday arrangements …
The National Archives · 16 February 1942 English
APPENDIX. Memorandum on Steps taken to provide Medical Officers for the three Services. The task of advising on the provision of medical officers for the fighting services with due regard …
The National Archives · 14 February 1942 English
DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT ###ECRET. (42) 35. FEBRUARY, 1942. COPY NO. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. Composition of the Committee. Following recent changes, the Committee …
The National Archives · 31 March 1942 English
(II) Limit to 6/- the price that may be charged for any meal, including charge, and coffee or tea, but excluding service or gratuity charge that are handed in total …