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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 31 March 1942 English
(3) Economics are being sought in public health staffs (other than those in hospitals), but owing to the heavy additional duties imposed on those staffs by the war the yield …
The National Archives · 29 January 1942
-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 …