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Official: Cabinet: papers 220 - 240., 07 Nov 1923 - 18 May 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/36

Scope and Contents

Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on lace and embroidery duty and the report of the Royal Commission on food prices; the report of the Board of Trade Lace and Embroidery Committee; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the limitation of naval armaments (cruisers); 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India; the report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the matrimonial jurisdiction of British Indian courts; the conclusions of the Committee considering the instructions for the British delegate at the Arms Traffic Convention; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Communist Congress at Glasgow [Scotland]; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on hours of work legislation, unemployment insurance, the agenda for delegates at the International Labour Conference, and juvenile unemployment; the report of the Committee on the Tithe Rentcharge; a draft of the Tithe Bill; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on juvenile unemployment; Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax], Minister of Agriculture, on the Merchandise Marks (Imported Agricultural Produce) Bill and the Tithe Bill; a draft of the Merchandise Marks Bill; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the Building Materials (Charges and Supply) Bill; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on communication with Germany on the military clauses in the Treaty of Versailles, and on the evacuation of the Cologne [Germany] zone; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the situation in Iraq; Ministry of Labour memoranda on the engineering trades unions' negotiations with the Engineering and Allied Employers' National Federation, the wages and conditions of railwaymen, and a proposed quadruple alliance between unions; the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook.Printed index at CHAR 22/48.

Dates

  • Creation: 07 Nov 1923 - 18 May 1925

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 bound file (115 folios, including pamphlets))

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

CP 220 (25) - CP 240 (25)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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