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 · 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 · 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 · 21 January 1942 English
TO BE KEPT UNDER LOOK AND KEY. It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document. (THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS …
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 14 February 1942 English
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. January Movements and Classes. £'000 Food, drink and tobacco 35,367 43,733 23,132 Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured 21,613 18,00 Articles wholly or mainly manufactured 44,522 28,300 …
The National Archives · 3 April 1942 English
hand, to try to direct and control the Companies, without changing the present financial arrangements, would cause confusion, obstruction, and even non-cooperate 8, It is also vital that any new …
The National Archives · 7 April 1942 English
-2- electricity undertakings showed a fall of 330,000 to 2,451,900 tons (4.8 weeks' supply). Industrial stocks fell by over 450,000 tons, engineering and other metals falling to 5.4 and other …
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 …
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 · 25 February 1942 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. L.P. (42) 49. COPY NO. 25th February, 1942. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. LABOUR SUPPLY FOR MALTING 1941/1942 SEASON. …
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 · 21 April 1942 English
now merely civil offences but were acts definitely our war effort. I have reason to believe that an arrangement will be made under which all Allies (including the U.S.A.) agree …
The National Archives · 24 March 1942 English
districts in England and Scotland became State Management district; in which some of the powers previously exercised by the Control Control Board were vested in the Home Secretary and the …
The National Archives · 15 April 1942 English
U.K. PETROLEUM MINIMUM IMPORT REQUIREMENTS - 1942. Report by the Secretary for Petroleum. The Lord President's Committee at their 15th Meeting, requested Secretary for Petroleum to submit a further report …