Series: Papers 190(45) - 267(45)

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
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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.


The National Archives · 31 October 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET COPY NO. C.S.(S)(45)85 31st OCTOBER, 1945 CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE STOCKS OF FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS, RAW MATERIALS AND PETROLEUM …


The National Archives · 24 October 1945 English

###ONFIDENTIAL STATISTICAL STATEMENT. September, 1945 Month of July August September September 1945 1945 1945 * 1944 * Thousand Tons TONNAGE LOST Weekly Averages Coal 190.4 214.8 Northern "B" 414.6 443.3 …


The National Archives · 21 November 1945 English

of a Chairman, Deputy Chairman and seven other members appointed by the Minister from among persons with appropriate qualification (sub-section (3)). Their salaries and allowances 8:5 to be fixed by …


The National Archives · 19 November 1945 English

Serial No.415 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CATERING, HOLIDAY AND TOURIST SERVICES REPORT TO THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE ON AN ENQUIRY BY THE CATERING WAGES COMMISSION UNDER SECTION …


The National Archives · 27 December 1945 English

IMPORTS OF FOODS & ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS Chart I included in Ministry of food programme TOTAL STOCKS OF FOOD & FEEDING STUFFS other than farm stocks Statistics & Intelligence Division.


The National Archives · 24 November 1945 English

Potatoes Lard General fats position (ii) (i) (ii) (i) (ii) Home production of flour was well maintained during the month at an average weekly rate of 99 thousand tons; and …


The National Archives · 6 December 1945 English

2 3. The most important feature of any Commercial Treaty which we might conclude with China or Egypt would be the Establishment Articles, i.e., Articles covering rights to enter, reside …


The National Archives · 22 November 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL STATISTICAL STATEMENT. October, 1945 Month of August September October October 1945 1945 * 1945 1944 Thousand Tons ###TPUT MINED COAL AND TONNAGE LOST Weekly Averages ###) Output of Saleable …


The National Archives · 14 November 1945 English

4. The Capital Issues Control has been used during the war to restrict non-Governmental borrowing and investment, and its general usefulness will always be of a negative kind. But the …


The National Archives · 8 November 1945 English

SECRET DRAFT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 1. The Government believe that it is in the public interest that they should give a general indication of the measures they propose to introduce during …