Series: Committee on Emergency Legislation. Meetings 1(43) - 2(43) Papers 1(43) - 13(43), 24 July-23 Dec 1943; Meetings 1(44) - 5(44) Papers 1(44) - 22(44), 1 Jan-12 Dec 1944

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A file of documents relating to the British government's plans for post-war legislation and the continuation of emergency powers during the transition to peacetime. Subjects covered in the file include billeting for evacuated war workers and children; the maintenance of public morale; trade with enemy territories; punishment for crimes such as espionage to aid the enemy; the rationing and pricing of commodity foods; and the control of newspapers, entertainment, and public use of postal and telegraphic communications. Other subjects discussed include transport provisions for industrial goods; employment for demobilised soldiers; the supervision of foreign nationals; the release of prisoners; land requisitioning for food production; and healthcare provisions to prevent the spread of disease. Documents in the file include a memorandum on the schedule for the revocation or retention of wartime regulations; and statistics of employment in the war industries.


The National Archives · 29 July 1943 English

Regulations, namely emergency provisions designed for the safety and for public order PROCEDURE AND PROGRAMME OF WORK problems to be dealt with by THE CHAIRMAN reviewed the the Committee and …


The National Archives · 4 May 1944 English

2 the country, it would be permissible in administering them to have regard to important national interests such as the location of industry and the recovery of the export trade. …


The National Archives · 15 August 1944 English

DEFENCE REGULATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS OF SINCE THE 1ST JANUARY, 1944 1. Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 DEFENCE REGULATIONS, to serve away from their home areas. ###gulation Department Other Suggested part of …


The National Archives · 9 August 1943 English

DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). CONFIDENTIAL E.L. (43) 5 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1943 COPY NO. WAR CABINET COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY LEGISLATION DEFENCE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1939 PROGRAMME OF …


The National Archives · 8 July 1944 English

tion 8, is Kept in subject STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1944 No. EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL REVOKING AND AMENDING CERTAIN DEFENCE REGULATIONS. At the Court of Buckingham Palace, …


The National Archives · 19 April 1944 English

1. 2. a INTERIM REPORT ON REVIEW OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS THE COMMITTEE had before it the draft of an Interim Report (E,L. (44) 9) for submission to the Reconstruction Committee, …


The National Archives · 24 March 1944 English

ARRANGEMENT OF EMERGENCY ACTS. I.—National Service and Armed Forces. Armed Forces (Conditions of Service) Act, 1939 National Service Acts, 1939 to 1942 Military and Air Forces (Prolongation of Service) Act, …


The National Archives · 24 July 1943 English

2 III.—Mr. H. H. Wiles, Ministry of Labour. Mr. H. J. Hutchinson, Ministry of Supply (raw materials). Mr. H. Beer, Ministry of Supply (general). Sir Stephen Low, Board of Trade. …


The National Archives · 20 January 1944 English

that REGULATIONS PART V OF THE DEFENCE IN PARTS III AND IV AND THE REMAINDER OF (GENERAL) REGULATION. 1. THE COMMITTEE had before it a memorandum (E.L. (43) 10) outlining …


The National Archives · 3 September 1943 English

differentiating this category of nominal unemployment from the bulk figures. These and similar questions will be mainly for the Ministry of Labour to consider, and they will no doubt have …