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.


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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 · 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 · 3 October 1945 English

London 2 Midlands 3 North East 3 North West 4 Scotland 3 West of England 1 South Wales 3 4. The nucleus of employment at these factories based on their …


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 · 3 December 1945 English

devoted to research. preparing a scheme for statutory power to collect a has asked for industry is working on a purpose. The rayon industries would be likely and a number …


The National Archives · 24 October 1945 English

2 will at once detect that such action is really control of labour in disguise. Secondly, such action will not oblige the employer to discharge the particular workers desired, nor …


The National Archives · 7 November 1945 English

is not likely to be confined to its terms. It will inevitably embrace, either directly or indirectly, disposal of particular goods or commodities. The necessary adjustment in the arrangements for …


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 …


The National Archives · 7 November 1945 English

the efficiency of which depend to a large extent the prospects of the engineering industries, probably our most important asse for the large-scale expansion of our export trade. 6. Other …


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 …