Series: Papers 190(45) - 267(45)
Taylor Kenkel
A file of memoranda and statistical reports concerning the deliberations of the Lord President's Committee on domestic affairs during the Second World War. The documents discuss plans for post-war reconstruction in the United Kingdom; the nationalisation of the coal-mining industry, the railways, and the gas and electricity supplies; government policies on transport and agriculture; housing, including rent controls and plans for satellite towns; and post-war international trade. Further documents include regular reports covering the status of stocks of food and animal feed in the United Kingdom; reports on the supply of food to the British zone of Germany; and discussions of the future of British Restaurants. Other subjects covered include the hill-farming industry in Scotland; post-war education policy; the supply of newsprint; unemployment statistics; war memorials; pensions; and the employment of German scientists in the United Kingdom. The file also includes a paper on the impact of the war on civilian consumption in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada.
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The National Archives · 2 November 1945
yet say when it will be published. When it does come out, however, I can see that the Report, being a careful, thorough and impartial survey of the Gas Industry, …
The National Archives · 2 November 1945
6. It is doubtful whether any very significant reduction could be made in the imports of other countries without causing hardship. The distribution suggested in L.P. (45) 181 made substantial …
The National Archives · 25 October 1945 English
2 LABOUR CONTROLS. REPORT BY OFFICIAL COMMITTEE. 1. In accordance with the conclusions of the Lord President's Committee at their meeting on the 5th October, 1945,* and of the Lord …
The National Archives · 17 October 1945 English
therefore, that my colleagues approve it in principle (it will be remembered that it is at present under reference to an Official Sub-Committee for detailed presentation), there must in any …
The National Archives · 29 October 1945 English
therefore, that the Government as a complement to the statement of Food their intention of establishing as an essential and permanent feature of their policy for food and agriculture a …
The National Archives · 3 November 1945 English
5. I cannot agree to provide any other foods out of our supplies, for Germany or Austria. When my recent paper on the World Food Position (L.P.(45) 182) was under …
The National Archives · 23 October 1945 English
(4) Of our general insurance business (that is to say, the non-life business) two-thirds is transacted outside the United Kingdom, and the pre-war net profits to this country from overseas …
The National Archives · 25 October 1945 English
and by July 1939 By July 1938 there were still more than 25,000 out of work the figure had only fallen by 3,000. The average rate of unemployment in the …
The National Archives · 5 December 1945 English
(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET COPY NO. 58 L.P. (45) 262 5th December, 1945. CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE STATUTORY LEVIES FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS …
The National Archives · 20 November 1945 English
2 5. On the second question, the Mission do not consider it would b practicable to increase deliveries of indigenous grain beyond the figure alread estimated by the Control Commission, …