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 · 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 · 10 October 1945 English

(###HIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) COPY NO. 66 CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE SHIPPING POLICY MEMORANDUM BY THE MINISTER OF WAR TRANSPORT. I should like 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 …


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 · 6 December 1945 English

-2- country or indeed in the world. Even the largest American concerns cannot compare in magnitude or complexity with the whole of the British coal industry and its ancillary activities. …


The National Archives · 1 October 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET L.P.(45) 190 COPY NO. 1ST OCTOBER, 1945 CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE NATIONALISATION OF THE COAL-MINING INDUSTRY: COLLIERY-OWNED RAILWAY WAGONS …


The National Archives · 2 November 1945 English

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

CONSTITUTION OF BOARDS: Memorandum by the Official Committee on the of Industries Socialisation 1. At their meeting on 9th November (GEN 98/1st Meeting) Ministers took note that appointments to the …


The National Archives · 3 December 1945 English

of that the same Board. But (c) We should also agree that the cost of cars for use on the Board's business should be provided at the expense of the …