Series: Industrial Sub-Committee. Meetings 1(45) - 5(45); Papers 1(45) - 11(45), 11 Sept-18 Dec 1945; Meetings 1(46) - 4(46) Papers 1(46) - 23(46), 1 Jan-26 Apr 1946
Taylor Kenkel
A file of meeting minutes and memoranda concerning the activities of the Lord President's Industrial Committee. Subjects covered in the file include post-war industrial planning; attempts to reorganise industry and restrict its growth in London; labour supply issues, including the position of women in the workforce; and the issue of employment in development areas. Further topics covered include the labour requirements of agriculture and the coal-mining industry; the British export industry; the reallocation of factories used in war production; the disposal of surplus stores; and the allocation of raw materials. The file also covers the prospects of the British film industry; patent procedures for inventions conceived during the war; proposals for the establishment of a British Institute of Management; and an economic survey of 1946, with details of labour supply and industry requirements, the balance of payments, and national income and expenditure.
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The National Archives · 14 December 1945 English
4. Airfields In co-operation with the Air Ministry, an allocation of accommodation in redundant airfields - so far declared as such - is being made. Available space has been allocated …
The National Archives · 24 October 1945 English
4. For the purposes of the present paper I am assuming that a satisfactory agreement will be reached with the U.S.A. and that we may look forward to a gradual …
The National Archives · 18 January 1946
Moreover, none of the Minister of Food's arguments holds good against the course my Department originally advocated, which is to reduce somewhat the allocations of materials of firms in areas …
The National Archives · 6 February 1946 English
(2) Inadequacy of personnel in Disposals Departments for a task of this magnitude. (3) Negotiation-on price with traders, who are inclined to hang back for bargains, Putting the emphasis on …
The National Archives · 8 March 1946 English
It 2 will be seen— (i) That at the end of the year total industrial employment was still nearly 2 million below the level of mid-1939. (ii) That in the …
The National Archives · 28 January 1946 English
-2- 4. As to the second possible method, it has throughout the war been the policy of my Department that, where the raw materials available to an industry are only …
The National Archives · 8 March 1946 English
-2- 5. I am anxious to make a statement in the House on this subject, on the lines of the draft attached at Annex A, before my departure for India, …
The National Archives · 12 February 1946 English
(b) Where the cost of the war works does not exceed the annual compensation rent payable under Section 2 (i) (a) of the Compensation (Defence) Act, and that rent does …
The National Archives · 23 January 1946 English
2 beginning to outweigh the retirement from industrial employment of women (mainly married women) and older people-and also that, despite some rise in unemployment and a substantial increase, consequent upon …
The National Archives · 24 October 1945 English
-2- no question of the Government actually carrying out in industry the arrangements which may be found advisable in any establishment, and the basis of future operations must be one …